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

The surname has many variants, including: Lifshitz (Lifschitz), Lifshits, Lifshuts, Lefschetz; Lipschitz, Lipshitz, Lipshits, Lipschutz (Lipschütz), Lipshutz, Lüpschütz; Libschitz; Livshits; Lifszyc, Lipszyc. It is commonly Anglicized as Lipton.

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

    • References

    Lipschitz Wikipedia
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