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Lipschitz

Lipschitz, Lipshitz, or Lipchitz, is an Ashkenazi Jewish (Yiddish/German-Jewish) surname. The surname has many variants, including: Lifshitz (Lifschitz), Lifshits, Lifshuts, Lefschetz; Lipsitz, Lipshits, Lopshits, Lipschutz (Lipschütz), Lipshutz, Lüpschütz; Libschitz; Livshits; Lifszyc, Lipszyc. It is commonly Anglicized as Lipton, and less commonly as Lipson and Lipington. There are several places in Europe from where the name may be derived. In all cases, Lip or Lib is derived from the Slavic root lipa (linden tree, see also Leipzig), and the itz ending is the Germanisation of the Slavic place name ending ice. In the Czech Republic: *Libčice nad Vltavou (German: Libschitz an der Moldau) *Liběšice u Litoměřic (German: Liebeschitz bei Leitmeritz) *Liběšice u Žatce (German: Libeschitz bei Saaz) In Germany: *Gera-Liebschwitz *Liebschützberg-Liebschütz *Remptendorf-Liebschütz In Poland: *Głubczyce (Silesian German: Lischwitz, German: Leobschütz) In mathematics, the name can be used to describe a function that satisfies the Lipschitz condition, a strong form of continuity, named after Rudolf Lipschitz. The surname may refer to:

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Lipschitz, Lipshitz, or Lipchitz, is an Ashkenazi Jewish (Yiddish/German-Jewish) surname. The surname has many variants, including: Lifshitz (Lifschitz), Lifshits, Lifshuts, Lefschetz; Lipsitz, Lipshits, Lopshits, Lipschutz (Lipschütz), Lipshutz, Lüpschütz; Libschitz; Livshits; Lifszyc, Lipszyc. It is commonly Anglicized as Lipton, and less commonly as Lipson and Lipington. There are several places in Europe from where the name may be derived. In all cases, Lip or Lib is derived from the Slavic root lipa (linden tree, see also Leipzig), and the itz ending is the Germanisation of the Slavic place name ending ice. In the Czech Republic: *Libčice nad Vltavou (German: Libschitz an der Moldau) *Liběšice u Litoměřic (German: Liebeschitz bei Leitmeritz) *Liběšice u Žatce (German: Libeschitz bei Saaz) In Germany: *Gera-Liebschwitz *Liebschützberg-Liebschütz *Remptendorf-Liebschütz In Poland: *Głubczyce (Silesian German: Lischwitz, German: Leobschütz) In mathematics, the name can be used to describe a function that satisfies the Lipschitz condition, a strong form of continuity, named after Rudolf Lipschitz. The surname may refer to:

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  1. date of birth: 1782 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

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  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373942935

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