In this essay we will discuss the significant impact of Karl Theodor Wilhelm Weierstrass on mathematics.
Karl Theodor Wilhelm Weierstrass was born October 31, 1815 in the small German town Ostenfeld, in Westphalia. His father, Wilhelm Weierstrass, was an officer, the secretary of the mayor. In those days it was a very prestigious position. Charles was 11 years old when his mother died, Theodore Fonderforst. In his family, he was a senior, still had a brother, Peter, and two sisters, Clara and Eliza. Wilhelm Weierstrass was an educated man. It is known that in his youth he worked as a teacher, but as the salary of a teacher in Germany was very low, he decided to change his profession ...
