Ben Green
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Ben Green is a British mathematician known for his work in additive combinatorics and number theory, including the Green–Tao theorem on arithmetic progressions in the primes.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ben Green canonical | 11 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ben Green Context triple: [Terence Tao, coAuthor, Ben Green]
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A.
Michael Reid
Michael Reid is a personal name shared by multiple individuals across various professions, including sports, academia, and the arts.
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B.
Jonathan Teplitzky
Jonathan Teplitzky is an Australian film director known for character-driven dramas such as "The Railway Man" and "Burning Man."
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C.
Jason Gilbert
Jason Gilbert is a music producer best known for his work on Christina Aguilera’s album "Lotus."
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D.
David Goldstein
David Goldstein is the birth name of Rupert Holmes, the British-American singer-songwriter, playwright, and creator of the hit song "Escape (The Piña Colada Song)."
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E.
Matt Weitzman
Matt Weitzman is an American television writer and producer best known as a co-creator and executive producer of the animated series "American Dad!"
- 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: Ben Green Target entity description: Ben Green is a British mathematician known for his work in additive combinatorics and number theory, including the Green–Tao theorem on arithmetic progressions in the primes.
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A.
Michael Reid
Michael Reid is a personal name shared by multiple individuals across various professions, including sports, academia, and the arts.
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B.
Jonathan Teplitzky
Jonathan Teplitzky is an Australian film director known for character-driven dramas such as "The Railway Man" and "Burning Man."
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C.
Jason Gilbert
Jason Gilbert is a music producer best known for his work on Christina Aguilera’s album "Lotus."
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D.
David Goldstein
David Goldstein is the birth name of Rupert Holmes, the British-American singer-songwriter, playwright, and creator of the hit song "Escape (The Piña Colada Song)."
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E.
Matt Weitzman
Matt Weitzman is an American television writer and producer best known as a co-creator and executive producer of the animated series "American Dad!"
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British mathematician
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human ⓘ mathematical theorem ⓘ mathematician ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
LMS Prize
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SASTRA Ramanujan Prize ⓘ Salem Prize ⓘ Whitehead Prize ⓘ |
| coAuthor | Terence Tao ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| doctoralAdvisor | Timothy Gowers ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Cambridge University
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surface form:
University of Cambridge
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| field |
additive combinatorics
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mathematics ⓘ number theory ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasAcademicAffiliation |
Cambridge University
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surface form:
University of Cambridge
University of Oxford ⓘ |
| hasContribution |
applications of additive combinatorics to number theory
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development of transference principles in additive combinatorics ⓘ results on arithmetic progressions in dense subsets of the primes ⓘ work on arithmetic regularity lemmas ⓘ work on sumset estimates ⓘ |
| hasNotableStudent | Tom Sanders ⓘ |
| hasResearchArea |
additive number theory
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analytic number theory ⓘ combinatorics ⓘ |
| isCoAuthorOf | papers with Terence Tao on primes in arithmetic progressions ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Green–Tao theorem
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work on arithmetic progressions in the primes ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | London Mathematical Society ⓘ |
| name | Ben Green self-link ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Ben Green
self-linksurface differs
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Terence Tao ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableTheorem | Green–Tao theorem ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Green–Tao theorem
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surface form:
Green–Tao theorem on arithmetic progressions in the primes
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| occupation | university professor ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Waynflete Professor of Pure Mathematics at the University of Oxford ⓘ |
| researchInterest |
arithmetic progressions
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inverse theorems in additive combinatorics ⓘ structure of prime numbers ⓘ |
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Subject: Ben Green Description of subject: Ben Green is a British mathematician known for his work in additive combinatorics and number theory, including the Green–Tao theorem on arithmetic progressions in the primes.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Green–Tao theorem