Pierre-Simon Laplace
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Pierre-Simon Laplace was a French mathematician, physicist, and astronomer whose work laid the foundations of celestial mechanics, probability theory, and statistics.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Pierre-Simon Laplace canonical | 39 |
| Laplace | 1 |
| Marquis de Laplace | 1 |
| Pierre-Simon | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T185626 — 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: Pierre-Simon Laplace Context triple: [De ratiociniis in ludo aleae, influenced, Pierre-Simon Laplace]
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A.
Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis
Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis was an 18th-century French mathematician, philosopher, and astronomer best known for formulating the principle of least action and helping introduce Newtonian physics to continental Europe.
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Jean-Baptiste Joseph Fourier
Jean-Baptiste Joseph Fourier was a French mathematician and physicist best known for pioneering the theory of heat conduction and developing Fourier series, which laid the foundations of modern Fourier analysis.
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Carl Friedrich Gauss
Carl Friedrich Gauss was a German mathematician and physicist whose foundational contributions to number theory, geometry, statistics, and electromagnetism earned him the title "Prince of Mathematicians."
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D.
Leonhard Euler
Leonhard Euler was an 18th-century Swiss mathematician and physicist who made foundational contributions to calculus, graph theory, topology, and many other areas, becoming one of the most prolific and influential mathematicians in history.
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Augustin-Jean Fresnel
Augustin-Jean Fresnel was a French physicist best known for his pioneering work on the wave theory of light and the invention of Fresnel lenses used in lighthouses.
- 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: Pierre-Simon Laplace Target entity description: Pierre-Simon Laplace was a French mathematician, physicist, and astronomer whose work laid the foundations of celestial mechanics, probability theory, and statistics.
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A.
Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis
Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis was an 18th-century French mathematician, philosopher, and astronomer best known for formulating the principle of least action and helping introduce Newtonian physics to continental Europe.
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B.
Jean-Baptiste Joseph Fourier
Jean-Baptiste Joseph Fourier was a French mathematician and physicist best known for pioneering the theory of heat conduction and developing Fourier series, which laid the foundations of modern Fourier analysis.
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C.
Carl Friedrich Gauss
Carl Friedrich Gauss was a German mathematician and physicist whose foundational contributions to number theory, geometry, statistics, and electromagnetism earned him the title "Prince of Mathematicians."
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D.
Leonhard Euler
Leonhard Euler was an 18th-century Swiss mathematician and physicist who made foundational contributions to calculus, graph theory, topology, and many other areas, becoming one of the most prolific and influential mathematicians in history.
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E.
Augustin-Jean Fresnel
Augustin-Jean Fresnel was a French physicist best known for his pioneering work on the wave theory of light and the invention of Fresnel lenses used in lighthouses.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French person
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astronomer ⓘ human ⓘ mathematician ⓘ physicist ⓘ |
| academicAdvisor |
Jean d’Alembert
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surface form:
Jean le Rond d’Alembert
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| birthCountry | France ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1749-03-23 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Beaumont-en-Auge ⓘ |
| citizenship | France ⓘ |
| contributedTo |
Bayes’ theorem
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nebular hypothesis ⓘ perturbation theory in celestial mechanics ⓘ potential theory ⓘ stability of the Solar System ⓘ theory of errors ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1827-03-05 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Paris ⓘ |
| developedConcept |
Bayesian interpretation of probability
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Laplace equation ⓘ Laplace operator ⓘ Laplace transform ⓘ Laplace’s demon ⓘ |
| era |
18th century
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19th century ⓘ |
| familyName |
Pierre-Simon Laplace
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Laplace
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| fieldOfWork |
astronomy
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celestial mechanics ⓘ mathematics ⓘ physics ⓘ probability theory ⓘ statistics ⓘ |
| givenName |
Pierre-Simon Laplace
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Pierre-Simon
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| heldTitle |
Pierre-Simon Laplace
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Marquis de Laplace
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| influenced |
Carl Friedrich Gauss
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Jean-Baptiste Joseph Fourier ⓘ
surface form:
Joseph Fourier
Siméon Denis Poisson ⓘ modern probability theory ⓘ |
| language | French ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Académie française
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Académie des Sciences ⓘ
surface form:
French Academy of Sciences
Royal Society ⓘ Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences ⓘ |
| name | Pierre-Simon Laplace self-link ⓘ |
| notableWork |
De mundi systemate (On the system of the world)
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surface form:
Exposition du système du monde
Mécanique céleste ⓘ Théorie analytique des probabilités ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| servedAs | Minister of the Interior of France ⓘ |
| servedUnder | Napoleon Bonaparte ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Pierre-Simon Laplace Description of subject: Pierre-Simon Laplace was a French mathematician, physicist, and astronomer whose work laid the foundations of celestial mechanics, probability theory, and statistics.
Referenced by (42)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Jean-Baptiste Joseph Fourier
this entity surface form:
Pierre-Simon
this entity surface form:
Laplace
this entity surface form:
Marquis de Laplace
subject surface form:
Joseph Fourier