Legendre
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Legendre is a French surname most famously associated with Adrien-Marie Legendre, an influential 18th–19th century mathematician known for major contributions to number theory, statistics, and mathematical analysis.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Legendre canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7861105 — 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: Legendre Context triple: [Adrien-Marie Legendre, familyName, Legendre]
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A.
Louis Legendre
Louis Legendre was a French revolutionary politician and radical Jacobin known for his prominent role in the Paris sections and the National Convention during the French Revolution.
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B.
Louis Gauss
Louis Gauss is the son of Johanna Osthoff and is likely a member of the family of the renowned mathematician Carl Friedrich Gauss.
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Louis Gauss
Louis Gauss is a relatively obscure historical figure known primarily as the sibling of mathematician Eugene Gauss.
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D.
Edmé
Edmé is a French given name historically borne by figures such as the 18th-century sculptor and draftsman Edmé Bouchardon.
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E.
Germain
Germain is a given name associated here with the French artist Edgar Degas, whose full name was Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas.
- 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: Legendre Target entity description: Legendre is a French surname most famously associated with Adrien-Marie Legendre, an influential 18th–19th century mathematician known for major contributions to number theory, statistics, and mathematical analysis.
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A.
Louis Legendre
Louis Legendre was a French revolutionary politician and radical Jacobin known for his prominent role in the Paris sections and the National Convention during the French Revolution.
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B.
Louis Gauss
Louis Gauss is the son of Johanna Osthoff and is likely a member of the family of the renowned mathematician Carl Friedrich Gauss.
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C.
Louis Gauss
Louis Gauss is a relatively obscure historical figure known primarily as the sibling of mathematician Eugene Gauss.
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D.
Edmé
Edmé is a French given name historically borne by figures such as the 18th-century sculptor and draftsman Edmé Bouchardon.
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E.
Germain
Germain is a given name associated here with the French artist Edgar Degas, whose full name was Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French-language surname
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human ⓘ mathematician ⓘ surname ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | France ⓘ |
| era |
18th century mathematics
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19th century mathematics ⓘ |
| familyName | Legendre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
mathematical analysis
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number theory ⓘ statistics ⓘ |
| givenName | Adrien-Marie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasName | Adrien-Marie Legendre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNotableBearer | Adrien-Marie Legendre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNotableMathematicalConceptNamedAfter |
Legendre differential equation
NERFINISHED
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Legendre polynomials NERFINISHED ⓘ Legendre symbol NERFINISHED ⓘ Legendre transformation NERFINISHED ⓘ Legendre’s conjecture NERFINISHED ⓘ Legendre’s constant NERFINISHED ⓘ Legendre’s formula NERFINISHED ⓘ Legendre’s relation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | French ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Legendre polynomials
NERFINISHED
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Legendre symbol NERFINISHED ⓘ Legendre transformation NERFINISHED ⓘ Legendre’s conjecture on primes between consecutive squares NERFINISHED ⓘ Legendre’s constant (prime number approximation) NERFINISHED ⓘ Legendre’s differential equation NERFINISHED ⓘ Legendre’s formula for valuations of factorials NERFINISHED ⓘ Legendre’s relation for elliptic integrals NERFINISHED ⓘ law of quadratic reciprocity (formulation) NERFINISHED ⓘ method of least squares NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation | professor of mathematics ⓘ |
| usedAs | family name ⓘ |
| workLocation | Paris ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Legendre Description of subject: Legendre is a French surname most famously associated with Adrien-Marie Legendre, an influential 18th–19th century mathematician known for major contributions to number theory, statistics, and mathematical analysis.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.