Karl Theodor Wilhelm Weierstrass
1815 - 1897
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Weierstrass is best known for his construction of the theory of complex functions by means of power series.
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| Honours awarded to Karl Weierstrass (Click below for those honoured in this way) | |
| Fellow of the Royal Society | 1881 |
| Royal Society Copley Medal | 1895 |
| Lunar features | Crater Weierstrass |
| Popular biographies list | Number 99 |
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