Tomonaga Shinichiro
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Tomonaga Shinichiro was a Japanese theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for his fundamental contributions to quantum electrodynamics.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Tomonaga Shinichiro canonical | 2 |
| Tomonaga Haruhiko | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2256154 — 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: Tomonaga Shinichiro Context triple: [Kyoto University, hasNotableAlumni, Tomonaga Shinichiro]
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A.
Tatsuhiko Kawashima
Tatsuhiko Kawashima is a Japanese academic and former professor best known as the father of Princess Kiko of the Japanese Imperial Family.
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B.
Sakai Takashi
Sakai Takashi was an Imperial Japanese Army general best known for leading Japanese forces during the early Pacific War, including the invasion of Hong Kong.
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C.
Koichi Tanaka
Koichi Tanaka is a Japanese engineer and Nobel Prize–winning chemist renowned for his pioneering work in mass spectrometry, particularly soft laser desorption ionization.
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D.
Toshi Yoshida
Toshi Yoshida is a Japanese woodblock print artist known for his modern interpretations of traditional ukiyo-e techniques and his association with the Yoshida family of artists.
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E.
Yūsaku Kamekura
Yūsaku Kamekura was a pioneering Japanese graphic designer renowned for his modernist posters and visual identities, including iconic work for the 1964 Tokyo Olympics.
- 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: Tomonaga Shinichiro Target entity description: Tomonaga Shinichiro was a Japanese theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for his fundamental contributions to quantum electrodynamics.
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A.
Tatsuhiko Kawashima
Tatsuhiko Kawashima is a Japanese academic and former professor best known as the father of Princess Kiko of the Japanese Imperial Family.
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B.
Sakai Takashi
Sakai Takashi was an Imperial Japanese Army general best known for leading Japanese forces during the early Pacific War, including the invasion of Hong Kong.
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C.
Koichi Tanaka
Koichi Tanaka is a Japanese engineer and Nobel Prize–winning chemist renowned for his pioneering work in mass spectrometry, particularly soft laser desorption ionization.
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D.
Toshi Yoshida
Toshi Yoshida is a Japanese woodblock print artist known for his modern interpretations of traditional ukiyo-e techniques and his association with the Yoshida family of artists.
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E.
Yūsaku Kamekura
Yūsaku Kamekura was a pioneering Japanese graphic designer renowned for his modernist posters and visual identities, including iconic work for the 1964 Tokyo Olympics.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Japanese person
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Nobel laureate ⓘ human ⓘ physicist ⓘ theoretical physicist ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Lomonosov Gold Medal
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Nobel Prize in Physics ⓘ Order of Culture (Japan) ⓘ
linked to:
Order of Culture
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| countryOfCitizenship | Japan ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Kyoto Imperial University
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linked to:
Kyoto University
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| employer |
Kyoto University
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Tokyo University of Education ⓘ University of Tokyo ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Japanese ⓘ |
| familyName | Tomonaga ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
quantum electrodynamics
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quantum field theory ⓘ theoretical physics ⓘ |
| fullName | Tomonaga Shinichiro ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Shinichiro ⓘ |
| hasHonorificTitle | Cultural Order recipient ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Hideki Yukawa
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Paul Dirac ⓘ Werner Heisenberg ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Tomonaga–Schwinger equation
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fundamental contributions to quantum electrodynamics ⓘ renormalization in quantum electrodynamics ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | Japanese ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Japan Academy
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Physical Society of Japan ⓘ |
| nationality | Japanese ⓘ |
| nativeName |
朝永 振一郎
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linked to:
朝永振一郎
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| nobelPrizeCategory | Physics ⓘ |
| notableStudent | Japanese theoretical physicists of the postwar generation ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Super-many-time theory of quantum mechanics
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Tomonaga–Schwinger formalism ⓘ
linked to:
Tomonaga model
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| occupation |
physicist
ⓘ
university professor ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Tokyo ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Tokyo ⓘ |
| researchInterest |
elementary particle physics
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nuclear physics ⓘ |
| sharedNobelPrizeWith |
Julian Schwinger
ⓘ
Richard Feynman ⓘ |
| studentOf |
Yukawa Hideki
ⓘ
linked to:
Hideki Yukawa
|
How these facts were elicited
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Subject: Tomonaga Shinichiro Description of subject: Tomonaga Shinichiro was a Japanese theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for his fundamental contributions to quantum electrodynamics.
Referenced by (3)
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