Ngo Bao Chau
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Ngo Bao Chau is a Vietnamese-French mathematician renowned for his proof of the fundamental lemma in the Langlands program, for which he received the Fields Medal in 2010.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ngô Bảo Châu | 4 |
| Ngo Bao Chau canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ngo Bao Chau Context triple: [Ngo, hasNotableBearer, Ngo Bao Chau]
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A.
Maryam Mirzakhani
Maryam Mirzakhani was an Iranian mathematician renowned for her groundbreaking work in hyperbolic geometry and dynamical systems, and as the first woman to win the Fields Medal.
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B.
Terence Tao
Terence Tao is an Australian-American mathematician renowned for his groundbreaking work in harmonic analysis, partial differential equations, additive combinatorics, and analytic number theory.
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C.
Manjul Bhargava
Manjul Bhargava is a Canadian-American mathematician renowned for his groundbreaking work in number theory, for which he received the Fields Medal in 2014.
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D.
Claire Voisin
Claire Voisin is a prominent French mathematician renowned for her groundbreaking work in algebraic geometry, particularly on Hodge theory and the geometry of complex algebraic varieties.
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E.
Karen Uhlenbeck
Karen Uhlenbeck is an American mathematician renowned for her pioneering work in geometric analysis and gauge theory, and for being one of the most influential women in modern mathematics.
- 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: Ngo Bao Chau Target entity description: Ngo Bao Chau is a Vietnamese-French mathematician renowned for his proof of the fundamental lemma in the Langlands program, for which he received the Fields Medal in 2010.
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A.
Maryam Mirzakhani
Maryam Mirzakhani was an Iranian mathematician renowned for her groundbreaking work in hyperbolic geometry and dynamical systems, and as the first woman to win the Fields Medal.
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B.
Terence Tao
Terence Tao is an Australian-American mathematician renowned for his groundbreaking work in harmonic analysis, partial differential equations, additive combinatorics, and analytic number theory.
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C.
Manjul Bhargava
Manjul Bhargava is a Canadian-American mathematician renowned for his groundbreaking work in number theory, for which he received the Fields Medal in 2014.
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D.
Claire Voisin
Claire Voisin is a prominent French mathematician renowned for her groundbreaking work in algebraic geometry, particularly on Hodge theory and the geometry of complex algebraic varieties.
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E.
Karen Uhlenbeck
Karen Uhlenbeck is an American mathematician renowned for her pioneering work in geometric analysis and gauge theory, and for being one of the most influential women in modern mathematics.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French person
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Vietnamese person ⓘ human ⓘ mathematician ⓘ |
| academicDegree | PhD in mathematics ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur
ⓘ
linked to:
Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur
Clay Research Award ⓘ
linked to:
Clay Research Awards
Fields Medal ⓘ Grand Prize of the Vietnamese National Award for Science and Technology ⓘ Ostrowski Prize ⓘ Prix Sophie Germain ⓘ
linked to:
Sophie Germain Prize
Simons Investigator ⓘ
linked to:
Simons Investigator Award
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| birthName |
Ngô Bảo Châu
ⓘ
linked to:
Ngo Bao Chau
|
| citizenship |
France
ⓘ
Vietnam ⓘ
linked to:
Viet Nam
|
| countryOfBirth |
Vietnam
ⓘ
linked to:
Viet Nam
|
| dateOfBirth | 1972-06-28 ⓘ |
| doctoralAdvisor | Gérard Laumon ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Université Paris-Sud
ⓘ
École Normale Supérieure ⓘ
linked to:
École Normale (Paris)
|
| employer |
Institute for Advanced Study
ⓘ
University of Chicago ⓘ Université Paris-Sud ⓘ |
| familyName |
Ngô
ⓘ
linked to:
Ngo
|
| fieldOfWork |
automorphic forms
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mathematics ⓘ number theory ⓘ representation theory ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Bảo Châu ⓘ |
| hasOccupation | university teacher ⓘ |
| knownFor |
proof of the fundamental lemma
ⓘ
work in the Langlands program ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
English
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French ⓘ Vietnamese ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Academia Europaea
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American Academy of Arts and Sciences ⓘ Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology ⓘ |
| name | Ngo Bao Chau ⓘ |
| nationality |
French
ⓘ
Vietnamese ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Proof of the fundamental lemma for Lie algebras
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Publications on the Langlands program ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Hanoi ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
member of the Institute for Advanced Study
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permanent professor at the Institute for Advanced Study, Vietnam National University, Hanoi ⓘ professor of mathematics at the University of Chicago ⓘ |
| residence | Chicago ⓘ |
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