G. C. Shephard
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G. C. Shephard was a British mathematician known for his influential work in geometry, particularly convex and discrete geometry, and for coauthoring important texts in the field.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| G. C. Shephard canonical | 1 |
| V. Klee | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16991967 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: G. C. Shephard Context triple: [Branko Grünbaum, coAuthor, G. C. Shephard]
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A.
Philip J. Davis
Philip J. Davis was an American mathematician and prolific author known for his influential works on numerical analysis, the history and philosophy of mathematics, and popular mathematical writing.
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B.
Ray W. Bliss
Ray W. Bliss was a prominent American physician and U.S. Army medical officer whose service and leadership in military medicine led to a major Army health center being named in his honor.
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C.
Martin Graham
Martin Graham is an author known for co-writing academic or technical works alongside Howard W. Johnson.
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D.
Walter Murray Wonham
Walter Murray Wonham is a prominent control theorist known for his foundational contributions to geometric control theory and the theory of supervisory control of discrete-event systems.
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E.
Kenneth Falconer
Kenneth Falconer was a pseudonym used by American science fiction writer Cyril M. Kornbluth.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: G. C. Shephard Target entity description: G. C. Shephard was a British mathematician known for his influential work in geometry, particularly convex and discrete geometry, and for coauthoring important texts in the field.
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A.
Philip J. Davis
Philip J. Davis was an American mathematician and prolific author known for his influential works on numerical analysis, the history and philosophy of mathematics, and popular mathematical writing.
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B.
Ray W. Bliss
Ray W. Bliss was a prominent American physician and U.S. Army medical officer whose service and leadership in military medicine led to a major Army health center being named in his honor.
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C.
Martin Graham
Martin Graham is an author known for co-writing academic or technical works alongside Howard W. Johnson.
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D.
Walter Murray Wonham
Walter Murray Wonham is a prominent control theorist known for his foundational contributions to geometric control theory and the theory of supervisory control of discrete-event systems.
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E.
Kenneth Falconer
Kenneth Falconer was a pseudonym used by American science fiction writer Cyril M. Kornbluth.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
V. Klee