Alan Odlyzko
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Alan Odlyzko is an American mathematician known for his influential work in analytic number theory, especially on the Riemann zeta function and the distribution of prime numbers.
All labels observed (1)
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| Alan Odlyzko canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T23131742 — 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: Alan Odlyzko Context triple: [Hugh L. Montgomery, coAuthor, Alan Odlyzko]
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Victor S. Miller
Victor S. Miller is an American mathematician and cryptographer best known for co-inventing elliptic curve cryptography, a foundational technology in modern public-key cryptography.
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B.
Jan Karel Lenstra
Jan Karel Lenstra is a Dutch mathematician known for his contributions to combinatorial optimization and operations research.
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C.
Carl Pomerance
Carl Pomerance is an American mathematician renowned for his contributions to number theory, particularly in computational number theory and primality testing.
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D.
W. H. Riesel
W. H. Riesel was an individual significant enough in local history or development that the city of Riesel, Texas, was named in his honor.
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E.
Victor Shoup
Victor Shoup is a prominent computer scientist and cryptographer known for his foundational work in public-key cryptography, provable security, and the development of widely used cryptographic libraries.
- 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: Alan Odlyzko Target entity description: Alan Odlyzko is an American mathematician known for his influential work in analytic number theory, especially on the Riemann zeta function and the distribution of prime numbers.
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A.
Victor S. Miller
Victor S. Miller is an American mathematician and cryptographer best known for co-inventing elliptic curve cryptography, a foundational technology in modern public-key cryptography.
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B.
Jan Karel Lenstra
Jan Karel Lenstra is a Dutch mathematician known for his contributions to combinatorial optimization and operations research.
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C.
Carl Pomerance
Carl Pomerance is an American mathematician renowned for his contributions to number theory, particularly in computational number theory and primality testing.
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D.
W. H. Riesel
W. H. Riesel was an individual significant enough in local history or development that the city of Riesel, Texas, was named in his honor.
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E.
Victor Shoup
Victor Shoup is a prominent computer scientist and cryptographer known for his foundational work in public-key cryptography, provable security, and the development of widely used cryptographic libraries.
- F. None of above. chosen
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