Karl Weierstrass

Karl Theodor Wilhelm Weierstraß (October 31, 1815 - February 19, 1897) was a German mathematician who is oft cited as the "father of modern analysis". He was born in Ostenfelde[?], Westphalia (today Germany) and died in Berlin, Germany.

See also:

• Bolzano-Weierstrass theorem
  • Heine-Borel theorem
• Stone-Weierstrass theorem
• Weierstrass-Casorati theorem
• Weierstrass function[?]
• Weierstrass M-test[?]

External links

• Biography (http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/history/Mathematicians/Weierstrass)
• University of St Andrews' page (http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Weierstrass)
• Weierstraß' students (http://hcoonce.math.mankato.msus.edu/html/id.phtml?id=7486)