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German mathematician’s slip up with constant affected variable (9)

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I believe the answer is:

lipschitz

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'german mathematician's' is the definition.
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'slip up with constant affected variable' is the wordplay.
'up with' indicates anagramming the letters (letters get chucked up).
'constant' becomes 'c' (mathematical abbreviation).
'affected' becomes 'hit' (I've seen this in another clue).
'variable' becomes 'z' (algebra).
'slip' with its letters mixed up with 'c' makes 'lipsc'.
'lipsc'+'hit'+'z'='LIPSCHITZ'

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