Peter Swinnerton-Dyer
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Peter Swinnerton-Dyer was a British mathematician best known for co-formulating the Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer conjecture, one of the central problems in number theory.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Peter Swinnerton-Dyer canonical | 10 |
| Sir Henry Peter Francis Swinnerton-Dyer | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Peter Swinnerton-Dyer Context triple: [J. W. S. Cassels, doctoralStudent, Peter Swinnerton-Dyer]
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J. W. S. Cassels
J. W. S. Cassels was a prominent British mathematician known for his influential work in number theory and Diophantine approximation.
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Harold Davenport
Harold Davenport was a prominent 20th-century British mathematician renowned for his contributions to number theory and his influential role as a doctoral advisor to many leading mathematicians.
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Simon P. Norton
Simon P. Norton was a British mathematician known for his influential work in group theory, particularly on the Monster group and related finite simple groups.
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W. V. D. Hodge
W. V. D. Hodge was a British mathematician renowned for his foundational work in algebraic geometry and for developing Hodge theory, which links topology, differential geometry, and complex analysis.
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Ken Ribet
Ken Ribet is an American mathematician known for his work in number theory, particularly his proof of the epsilon conjecture, which played a crucial role in the eventual proof of Fermat’s Last Theorem.
- 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: Peter Swinnerton-Dyer Target entity description: Peter Swinnerton-Dyer was a British mathematician best known for co-formulating the Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer conjecture, one of the central problems in number theory.
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A.
J. W. S. Cassels
J. W. S. Cassels was a prominent British mathematician known for his influential work in number theory and Diophantine approximation.
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B.
Harold Davenport
Harold Davenport was a prominent 20th-century British mathematician renowned for his contributions to number theory and his influential role as a doctoral advisor to many leading mathematicians.
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C.
Simon P. Norton
Simon P. Norton was a British mathematician known for his influential work in group theory, particularly on the Monster group and related finite simple groups.
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D.
W. V. D. Hodge
W. V. D. Hodge was a British mathematician renowned for his foundational work in algebraic geometry and for developing Hodge theory, which links topology, differential geometry, and complex analysis.
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E.
Ken Ribet
Ken Ribet is an American mathematician known for his work in number theory, particularly his proof of the epsilon conjecture, which played a crucial role in the eventual proof of Fermat’s Last Theorem.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British person
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human ⓘ mathematician ⓘ university teacher ⓘ |
| affiliation |
St Catharine's College, Cambridge
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linked to:
St Catharine’s College, Cambridge
Trinity College, Cambridge ⓘ |
| almaMater |
University of Cambridge
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linked to:
Cambridge University
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| areaOfResearch |
L-functions
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arithmetic geometry ⓘ elliptic curves ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
De Morgan Medal
ⓘ
Fellow of the Royal Society ⓘ
linked to:
Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS)
Senior Whitehead Prize ⓘ Sylvester Medal ⓘ |
| citizenship | British ⓘ |
| coAuthor | Bryan Birch ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United Kingdom
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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ⓘ
linked to:
United Kingdom
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| dateOfBirth | 1927-08-02 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2018-12-26 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Trinity College, Cambridge ⓘ |
| employer |
University of Cambridge
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linked to:
Cambridge University
|
| familyName |
Swinnerton-Dyer
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linked to:
Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer Conjecture
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| fieldOfWork |
mathematics
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number theory ⓘ |
| fullName |
Sir Henry Peter Francis Swinnerton-Dyer
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linked to:
Peter Swinnerton-Dyer
|
| givenName |
Henry
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Peter ⓘ |
| hasAcademicDiscipline | pure mathematics ⓘ |
| honorificSuffix | FRS ⓘ |
| influenced | research in modern number theory ⓘ |
| knownFor | co-formulating the Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer conjecture ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| livedIn | Cambridge ⓘ |
| memberOf | Royal Society ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | English ⓘ |
| notableIdea | use of computational methods in number theory ⓘ |
| notableStudent | John H. Coates ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer conjecture
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linked to:
Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer Conjecture
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| placeOfBirth | Winchester ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Cambridge ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Chairman of the Universities Funding Council (UK)
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Chairman of the University Grants Committee (UK) ⓘ Master of St Catharine's College, Cambridge ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| title | Sir ⓘ |
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linked to: Peter Swinnerton-Dyer