Talk:Weierstrass's Theorem

I think the lemmata used in the proof (where the three stubs reside) deserve their separate pages, which then can be linked to. I deem it not illuminating to produce the full-force arguments directly on this page. Is this a good idea, and if yes, how do I do it (or where can I find how to do it)? Also please note the red link to a theorem not yet included on PW. --Lord Farin 17:54, 13 October 2011 (CDT)

A last thing: The page name seems to not be covering the theorem. Can I change this? --Lord Farin 17:55, 13 October 2011 (CDT)
 * Separate pages for lemmings works for me.
 * I actually changed the name from "Weierstrass's Theorem" as I could not find a reference on the net to a theorem with such a name that had such a meaning (although in fact it had been illiterately mis-spelled, and the state of the page itself was such that I wondered whether the person posting it up was retarded). Although there were several theorems with Weierstrass's name on them, none of them were this one.
 * However, if you know this as being "Weierstrass's Theorem", we can change the name to that, and all will be cool.
 * Don't worry about the redlink. There are indeed plenty. Sooner or later someone will pick up on them. --prime mover 00:22, 14 October 2011 (CDT)
 * The proof was literally copied from here. Subsequently, they mention to have gotten the proof (literally) from this book. I have added a reference to this book.
 * I would rather rename the page to 'Continuous, Nowhere Differentiable Function'. Then, the Weierstrass Function I know (the one on WikiPedia) can also be added.--Lord Farin 03:07, 14 October 2011 (CDT)

I have had some trouble stating everything nicely on the lemma pages. It might be more fruitful to design a collapsible environment for lemma proofs. This prevents tedious duplication of definitions on the lemma pages, while gaining the advantage of being able to hide the technical details for the uninitiated. Any thoughts? --Lord Farin 07:02, 14 October 2011 (CDT)


 * Renamed the page (and its subpages) as suggested.
 * A collapsible environment sounds like a brilliant idea. The only reasons I haven't implemented one are a) never thought of it and b) don't know how (although I've seen instances of the latter on Wikipedia so it should be straightforward to pick it up). How motivated are you to try it out, and structure the lemma pages according to how you envisage it? --prime mover 12:08, 14 October 2011 (CDT)
 * I am willing to try; I will start plowing to the documentation on Wikia and WikiPedia to figure out how to implement such. Fortunately, I tend to do some website building as a hobby. This will undoubtedly make things easier. --Lord Farin 13:27, 14 October 2011 (CDT)

Page name
Yes I know I renamed this from "Weierstrass's Theorem" way back when on the grounds that there is no such theorem -- but it seems there probably is after all. Once I have got my facts certain I will write whatever documentation is needed to clarify this. --prime mover (talk) 22:22, 15 May 2016 (UTC)
 * This needs a more specific name anyway to distinguish it from 20 other theorems. E.g. Weierstrass's Theorem on Existence of Continuous Nowhere Differentiable Functions or smth --barto (talk) (contribs) 11:50, 12 January 2018 (EST)
 * If you can find a good descriptive name which can be backed up by the literature, go to it. If no such name can be found, then it may make sense to make one up, and add a caveat to the page that this name has been coined for . There is a precedent. I believe we may even have considered setting up a standard template that we could add to indicate this sort of thing. --prime mover (talk) 12:03, 12 January 2018 (EST)