Weierstrassian

English

Etymology

Weierstrass +‎ -ian

Adjective

Weierstrassian (comparative more Weierstrassian, superlative most Weierstrassian)

1. Of or relating to Karl Weierstrass (1815–1897), German mathematician.

Noun

Weierstrassian (plural Weierstrassians)

1. A follower of the German mathematician Karl Weierstrass (1815–1897).
   • 2000, Ivor Grattan-Guinness, The Rainbow of Mathematics: A History of the Mathematical Sciences, W. W. Norton & Company, →ISBN, page 486:

     For the analysts, Weierstrass was the leader; his followers were proud to be known as Weierstrassians, and they constitute a school in the strict sense.