Guillaume de l’Hôpital
E272092
Guillaume de l’Hôpital was a French mathematician best known for L’Hôpital’s rule, a fundamental method for evaluating indeterminate limits in calculus.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Guillaume de l’Hôpital canonical | 2 |
| Guillaume François Antoine de l’Hôpital | 1 |
| Guillaume de l'Hôpital | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2467357 — 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: Guillaume de l’Hôpital Context triple: [Johann Bernoulli, student, Guillaume de l’Hôpital]
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A.
François Jouffroy
François Jouffroy was a 19th-century French sculptor known for his neoclassical style and contributions to major Parisian monuments.
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B.
Jean-Baptiste Huet
Jean-Baptiste Huet was an 18th-century French painter and engraver best known for his pastoral scenes and designs for toile de Jouy textiles.
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C.
Pierre de Carcavi
Pierre de Carcavi was a 17th-century French mathematician and royal librarian known for his correspondence with leading scientists of his time, including Fermat, Descartes, and Galileo.
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D.
Jean-Rodolphe Perronet
Jean-Rodolphe Perronet was an 18th-century French engineer renowned as a pioneer of modern bridge construction and the founding director of the École des Ponts et Chaussées.
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E.
Salomon de Brosse
Salomon de Brosse was a prominent early 17th-century French architect known for helping shape the transition from French Renaissance to classical Baroque architecture.
- 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: Guillaume de l’Hôpital Target entity description: Guillaume de l’Hôpital was a French mathematician best known for L’Hôpital’s rule, a fundamental method for evaluating indeterminate limits in calculus.
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A.
François Jouffroy
François Jouffroy was a 19th-century French sculptor known for his neoclassical style and contributions to major Parisian monuments.
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B.
Jean-Baptiste Huet
Jean-Baptiste Huet was an 18th-century French painter and engraver best known for his pastoral scenes and designs for toile de Jouy textiles.
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C.
Pierre de Carcavi
Pierre de Carcavi was a 17th-century French mathematician and royal librarian known for his correspondence with leading scientists of his time, including Fermat, Descartes, and Galileo.
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D.
Jean-Rodolphe Perronet
Jean-Rodolphe Perronet was an 18th-century French engineer renowned as a pioneer of modern bridge construction and the founding director of the École des Ponts et Chaussées.
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E.
Salomon de Brosse
Salomon de Brosse was a prominent early 17th-century French architect known for helping shape the transition from French Renaissance to classical Baroque architecture.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French mathematician
ⓘ
human ⓘ mathematician ⓘ |
| alternateName |
Guillaume de l’Hôpital
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surface form:
Guillaume François Antoine de l’Hôpital
|
| authorOf | Analyse des infiniment petits pour l’intelligence des lignes courbes ⓘ |
| birthCountry | France ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1661-02-05 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Paris ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith | Johann Bernoulli ⓘ |
| contributedTo |
early textbooks on calculus
ⓘ
rigorous exposition of differential calculus ⓘ |
| deathCountry | France ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1704-02-02 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Paris ⓘ |
| electedTo |
Académie des Sciences
ⓘ
surface form:
French Academy of Sciences
|
| electionYear | 1693 ⓘ |
| era |
17th century mathematics
ⓘ
18th century mathematics ⓘ |
| field |
calculus
ⓘ
mathematics ⓘ |
| influenced |
development of calculus textbooks
ⓘ
teaching of differential calculus in Europe ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Johann Bernoulli ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Cauchy’s mean value theorem
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surface form:
L’Hôpital’s rule
early work on differential calculus ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | French ⓘ |
| mathematicalSchool | continental calculus tradition ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Académie des Sciences
ⓘ
surface form:
French Academy of Sciences
|
| name | Guillaume de l’Hôpital self-link ⓘ |
| nationality | French ⓘ |
| nobleTitle | Marquis de Saint-Mesme ⓘ |
| notableConcept | L’Hôpital’s rule for indeterminate limits ⓘ |
| notableWork | Analyse des infiniment petits pour l’intelligence des lignes courbes ⓘ |
| occupation |
mathematician
ⓘ
military officer ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1696 ⓘ |
| ruleNamedAfter |
L’Hôpital’s rule for indeterminate limits
ⓘ
surface form:
L’Hôpital’s rule
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| servedIn |
French Army
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surface form:
French army
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| socialClass | French nobility ⓘ |
| specialization |
differential calculus
ⓘ
infinitesimal calculus ⓘ |
| studentOf | Johann Bernoulli ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
history of calculus
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priority dispute over L’Hôpital’s rule ⓘ |
| taughtBy | Johann Bernoulli in Paris ⓘ |
| usedMethod | infinitesimals ⓘ |
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Subject: Guillaume de l’Hôpital Description of subject: Guillaume de l’Hôpital was a French mathematician best known for L’Hôpital’s rule, a fundamental method for evaluating indeterminate limits in calculus.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Guillaume de l'Hôpital
this entity surface form:
Guillaume François Antoine de l’Hôpital