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lapsus corrected; Fraktur; comma after i.e.; italicized letter p; no comma after be
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David Handelman
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The Weierstrass pp has a strong similarity of theto p in the Sütterlin Alphabetalphabet, which had been developed in Prussia and, as Weierstrass worked in Berlin (the capital of Prussia), it may well be, that that is the origin of the letter.

Books were printed in FracturFraktur, where the pp looks quite "normal"normal, i.e., quite different from a handwritten Sütterlin pp which could explain, why it hasn't been replaced in the publication of Amandus Schwarz.

But I am not a historian, so this answer is a bit speculative, albeit reasonable.

The Weierstrass p has a strong similarity of the p in the Sütterlin Alphabet, which had been developed in Prussia and, as Weierstrass worked in Berlin (the capital of Prussia), it may well be, that that is the origin of the letter.

Books were printed in Fractur, where the p looks quite "normal", i.e. quite different from a handwritten Sütterlin p which could explain, why it hasn't been replaced in the publication of Amandus Schwarz.

But I am not a historian, so this answer is a bit speculative, albeit reasonable.

The Weierstrass p has a strong similarity to p in the Sütterlin alphabet, which had been developed in Prussia and, as Weierstrass worked in Berlin (the capital of Prussia), it may well be that that is the origin of the letter.

Books were printed in Fraktur, where the p looks quite normal, i.e., quite different from a handwritten Sütterlin p which could explain, why it hasn't been replaced in the publication of Amandus Schwarz.

But I am not a historian, so this answer is a bit speculative, albeit reasonable.

lapsus corrected
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edit approved Aug 7, 2017 at 14:37
Jean Duchon
edit approved Aug 7, 2017 at 14:37
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The Weierstrass p has a strong similarity of the p in the Sütterlin Alphabet, which had been developed in Prussia and, as Weierstrass worked in Berlin (the capital of BerlinPrussia), it may well be, that that is the origin of the letter.

Books were printed in Fractur, where the p looks quite "normal", i.e. quite different from a handwritten Sütterlin p which could explain, why it hasn't been replaced in the publication of Amandus Schwarz.

But I am not a historian, so this answer is a bit speculative, albeit reasonable.

The Weierstrass p has a strong similarity of the p in the Sütterlin Alphabet, which had been developed in Prussia and, as Weierstrass worked in Berlin (the capital of Berlin), it may well be, that that is the origin of the letter.

Books were printed in Fractur, where the p looks quite "normal", i.e. quite different from a handwritten Sütterlin p which could explain, why it hasn't been replaced in the publication of Amandus Schwarz.

But I am not a historian, so this answer is a bit speculative, albeit reasonable.

The Weierstrass p has a strong similarity of the p in the Sütterlin Alphabet, which had been developed in Prussia and, as Weierstrass worked in Berlin (the capital of Prussia), it may well be, that that is the origin of the letter.

Books were printed in Fractur, where the p looks quite "normal", i.e. quite different from a handwritten Sütterlin p which could explain, why it hasn't been replaced in the publication of Amandus Schwarz.

But I am not a historian, so this answer is a bit speculative, albeit reasonable.

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Manfred Weis
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The Weierstrass p has a strong similarity of the p in the Sütterlin Alphabet, which had been developed in Prussia and, as Weierstrass worked in Berlin (the capital of Berlin), it may well be, that that is the origin of the letter.

Books were printed in Fractur, where the p looks quite "normal", i.e. quite different from a handwritten Sütterlin p which could explain, why it hasn't been replaced in the publication of Amandus Schwarz.

But I am not a historian, so this answer is a bit speculative, albeit reasonable.