Eigen
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Eigen is a German surname most notably associated with Nobel Prize–winning biophysical chemist Manfred Eigen.
All labels observed (1)
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| Eigen canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T20766279 — 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: Eigen Context triple: [Manfred Eigen, familyName, Eigen]
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Sophus
Sophus was the given name of the Norwegian mathematician Sophus Lie, a pioneer in the theory of continuous transformation groups now known as Lie groups.
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LinearAlgebra
LinearAlgebra is Julia’s standard library module providing core functionality for vectors, matrices, and advanced linear algebra operations.
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Jacobi eigenvalue algorithm
The Jacobi eigenvalue algorithm is an iterative numerical method for computing all eigenvalues and eigenvectors of a real symmetric matrix by applying a sequence of orthogonal similarity transformations.
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EISPACK
EISPACK is a numerical software library written in Fortran for computing eigenvalues and eigenvectors of matrices, widely used before being superseded by LAPACK.
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arpack
arpack is a numerical software library for efficiently computing a few eigenvalues and eigenvectors of large sparse matrices, commonly used in scientific computing and machine learning.
- 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: Eigen Target entity description: Eigen is a German surname most notably associated with Nobel Prize–winning biophysical chemist Manfred Eigen.
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A.
Sophus
Sophus was the given name of the Norwegian mathematician Sophus Lie, a pioneer in the theory of continuous transformation groups now known as Lie groups.
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B.
LinearAlgebra
LinearAlgebra is Julia’s standard library module providing core functionality for vectors, matrices, and advanced linear algebra operations.
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C.
Jacobi eigenvalue algorithm
The Jacobi eigenvalue algorithm is an iterative numerical method for computing all eigenvalues and eigenvectors of a real symmetric matrix by applying a sequence of orthogonal similarity transformations.
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D.
EISPACK
EISPACK is a numerical software library written in Fortran for computing eigenvalues and eigenvectors of matrices, widely used before being superseded by LAPACK.
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E.
arpack
arpack is a numerical software library for efficiently computing a few eigenvalues and eigenvectors of large sparse matrices, commonly used in scientific computing and machine learning.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.