What is "lipschitz"

Lipschitz or Lipshitz is a surname, which may be derived from the Polish city of Głubczyce (German: Leobschütz),

The surname has many variants, including: Lifshitz ( Lifschitz), Lifshits, Lifshuts, Lefschetz; , , Lipshits, Lipschutz ( Lipschütz), Lipshutz, Lüpschütz; Libschitz; Livshits; Lifszyc, Lipszyc.

The surname may refer to:

• Daniel Lipšic, former Minister of Interior in Slovakia
• Israel Lipschitz (1782–1860), rabbi and biblical scholar
• Jacques Lipchitz (1891–1973), Cubist sculptor
• Lippy Lipshitz (1903–1980), South African sculptor, painter and printmaker
• Rudolf Lipschitz (1832–1903), German mathematician
• Imre Lakatos, Hungarian philosopher, born as Imre Lipschitz

Fictional characters

• Dr. Werner P. Lipschitz, fictional character of the Rugrats series

Mathematical concepts

For mathematical concepts named after Rudolf Lipschitz see:

• Lipschitz continuity
• Lipschitz domain
• Lipschitz unit