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[[Karl_Weierstrass.jpg|thumb|Karl Weierstrass.]]'''Karl Theodor Wilhelm Weierstrass''' (German: Weierstraß [ˈvaɪɐʃtʁas]; 31 October 1815 – 19 February 1897) was a German mathematician often cited as the "father of modern analysis". Despite leaving university without a degree, he studied mathematics and trained as a teacher, eventually teaching mathematics, physics, botany and gymnastics. | [[File:Karl_Weierstrass.jpg|thumb|Karl Weierstrass.]]'''Karl Theodor Wilhelm Weierstrass''' (German: Weierstraß [ˈvaɪɐʃtʁas]; 31 October 1815 – 19 February 1897) was a German mathematician often cited as the "father of modern analysis". Despite leaving university without a degree, he studied mathematics and trained as a teacher, eventually teaching mathematics, physics, botany and gymnastics. | ||
Weierstrass formalized the definition of the continuity of a function, proved the intermediate value theorem and the Bolzano–Weierstrass theorem, and used the latter to study the properties of continuous functions on closed bounded intervals. | Weierstrass formalized the definition of the continuity of a function, proved the intermediate value theorem and the Bolzano–Weierstrass theorem, and used the latter to study the properties of continuous functions on closed bounded intervals. | ||
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Karl Theodor Wilhelm Weierstrass (German: Weierstraß [ˈvaɪɐʃtʁas]; 31 October 1815 – 19 February 1897) was a German mathematician often cited as the "father of modern analysis". Despite leaving university without a degree, he studied mathematics and trained as a teacher, eventually teaching mathematics, physics, botany and gymnastics.
Weierstrass formalized the definition of the continuity of a function, proved the intermediate value theorem and the Bolzano–Weierstrass theorem, and used the latter to study the properties of continuous functions on closed bounded intervals.
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