Weierstrass point

English

Etymology

Named after Karl Weierstrass.

Noun

Weierstrass point (plural Weierstrass points)

1. (mathematics) A point $P$ on a nonsingular algebraic curve $C$ defined over the complex numbers, such that there are more functions on $C$, with their poles restricted to $P$ only, than would be predicted by the Riemann-Roch theorem.