Erwin Madelung
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Erwin Madelung was a German physicist best known for the Madelung constant and the Madelung rule describing the order of electron shell filling in atoms.
All labels observed (1)
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| Erwin Madelung canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4244897 — 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: Erwin Madelung Context triple: [University of Wrocław, hasNotableAlumni, Erwin Madelung]
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A.
Erwin Bälz
Erwin Bälz was a German internist and physiologist renowned for his pioneering contributions to modern medicine in Japan during the Meiji era.
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B.
Brüno Gehard
Brüno Gehard is a flamboyant, fictional Austrian fashion reporter character created and portrayed by Sacha Baron Cohen, known for satirizing celebrity culture and the fashion industry.
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C.
Paul Rostock
Paul Rostock was a German physician and high-ranking Nazi medical official who was tried at Nuremberg for his involvement in unethical human experimentation during World War II.
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D.
Heinz Brückner
Heinz Brückner was a Nazi official who was prosecuted as a defendant in the post-World War II RuSHA Trial for his involvement in racial and settlement policies of the SS.
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E.
Erich Mueller
Erich Mueller was one of the industrial executives prosecuted for war crimes and crimes against humanity in the post–World War II Krupp Trial at Nuremberg.
- 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: Erwin Madelung Target entity description: Erwin Madelung was a German physicist best known for the Madelung constant and the Madelung rule describing the order of electron shell filling in atoms.
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A.
Erwin Bälz
Erwin Bälz was a German internist and physiologist renowned for his pioneering contributions to modern medicine in Japan during the Meiji era.
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B.
Brüno Gehard
Brüno Gehard is a flamboyant, fictional Austrian fashion reporter character created and portrayed by Sacha Baron Cohen, known for satirizing celebrity culture and the fashion industry.
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C.
Paul Rostock
Paul Rostock was a German physician and high-ranking Nazi medical official who was tried at Nuremberg for his involvement in unethical human experimentation during World War II.
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D.
Heinz Brückner
Heinz Brückner was a Nazi official who was prosecuted as a defendant in the post-World War II RuSHA Trial for his involvement in racial and settlement policies of the SS.
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E.
Erich Mueller
Erich Mueller was one of the industrial executives prosecuted for war crimes and crimes against humanity in the post–World War II Krupp Trial at Nuremberg.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
German physicist
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human ⓘ physicist ⓘ |
| citizenship | German ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
German Empire
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Germany ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1881-03-18 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1972-08-22 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
University of Bonn
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University of Göttingen ⓘ |
| employer |
Goethe University Frankfurt
ⓘ
University of Frankfurt ⓘ
linked to:
Goethe University Frankfurt
|
| familyName | Madelung ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
physics
ⓘ
theoretical physics ⓘ |
| givenName | Erwin ⓘ |
| hasAcademicDiscipline |
atomic physics
ⓘ
quantum mechanics ⓘ solid-state physics ⓘ |
| hasHonorificTitle | Professor ⓘ |
| influenced | development of periodic table electron configuration rules ⓘ |
| influencedBy | early quantum theory ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Madelung constant
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Madelung rule ⓘ work on atomic structure ⓘ work on solid-state physics ⓘ |
| languageSpokenWrittenOrSigned | German ⓘ |
| memberOf | German Physical Society ⓘ |
| name | Erwin Madelung ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | German ⓘ |
| notableConcept |
Madelung constant
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Madelung rule ⓘ |
| notableWork |
formulation of the Madelung rule for electron shell filling
ⓘ
introduction of the Madelung constant in solid-state physics ⓘ |
| occupation | university teacher ⓘ |
| partOf | German theoretical physics community of the early 20th century ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Bonn
ⓘ
German Empire ⓘ Kingdom of Prussia ⓘ
linked to:
Prussia
|
| placeOfDeath |
Frankfurt am Main
ⓘ
Hesse ⓘ West Germany ⓘ |
| positionHeld | professor of theoretical physics ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workLocation | Frankfurt am Main ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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