David Mumford
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David Mumford is an American mathematician renowned for his influential work in algebraic geometry and for receiving the Fields Medal in 1974.
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| David Mumford canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9297082 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David Mumford Context triple: [Castelnuovo–Mumford regularity, namedAfter, David Mumford]
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Barry Mazur
Barry Mazur is an American mathematician renowned for his influential work in number theory and arithmetic geometry, particularly in the development of the theory of modular forms and contributions to the proof of Fermat’s Last Theorem.
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B.
Raoul Bott
Raoul Bott was a Hungarian-American mathematician renowned for his fundamental contributions to topology, geometry, and mathematical physics, including the Bott periodicity theorem.
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C.
Michael Shub
Michael Shub is an American mathematician and computer scientist known for his influential work in dynamical systems, complexity theory, and cryptography, including co-developing the Blum–Blum–Shub pseudorandom number generator.
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D.
John Knill
John Knill is a distinguished geologist recognized for his significant contributions to the field, as evidenced by honors such as the William Smith Medal.
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E.
Dennis Sullivan
Dennis Sullivan is an influential American mathematician renowned for his groundbreaking work in topology, dynamical systems, and geometry.
- 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: David Mumford Target entity description: David Mumford is an American mathematician renowned for his influential work in algebraic geometry and for receiving the Fields Medal in 1974.
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A.
Barry Mazur
Barry Mazur is an American mathematician renowned for his influential work in number theory and arithmetic geometry, particularly in the development of the theory of modular forms and contributions to the proof of Fermat’s Last Theorem.
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B.
Raoul Bott
Raoul Bott was a Hungarian-American mathematician renowned for his fundamental contributions to topology, geometry, and mathematical physics, including the Bott periodicity theorem.
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C.
Michael Shub
Michael Shub is an American mathematician and computer scientist known for his influential work in dynamical systems, complexity theory, and cryptography, including co-developing the Blum–Blum–Shub pseudorandom number generator.
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D.
John Knill
John Knill is a distinguished geologist recognized for his significant contributions to the field, as evidenced by honors such as the William Smith Medal.
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E.
Dennis Sullivan
Dennis Sullivan is an influential American mathematician renowned for his groundbreaking work in topology, dynamical systems, and geometry.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
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mathematician ⓘ |
| academicDegree | PhD in mathematics ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Abel Prize (shared as part of group recognition for algebraic geometry contributions)
NERFINISHED
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Balzan Prize NERFINISHED ⓘ Cole Prize in Algebra NERFINISHED ⓘ Fields Medal NERFINISHED ⓘ MacArthur Fellowship NERFINISHED ⓘ National Medal of Science ⓘ Shaw Prize in Mathematical Sciences NERFINISHED ⓘ Steele Prize for Mathematical Exposition NERFINISHED ⓘ Wolf Prize in Mathematics NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1937-06-11 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Worth, Sussex, England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| doctoralAdvisor | Oscar Zariski NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Harvard University ⓘ |
| employer |
Brown University
NERFINISHED
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Harvard University ⓘ |
| familyName | Mumford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
algebraic geometry
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computer vision ⓘ mathematical neuroscience ⓘ pattern theory ⓘ statistics ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | David NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasWrittenWork |
Abelian Varieties
NERFINISHED
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Algebraic Geometry I: Complex Projective Varieties NERFINISHED ⓘ Curves and Their Jacobians NERFINISHED ⓘ Geometric Invariant Theory NERFINISHED ⓘ Pattern Theory: The Stochastic Analysis of Real-World Signals NERFINISHED ⓘ The Red Book of Varieties and Schemes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
applications of mathematics to vision and pattern recognition
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contributions to moduli theory of curves ⓘ development of geometric invariant theory ⓘ work in algebraic geometry ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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American Mathematical Society NERFINISHED ⓘ National Academy of Sciences ⓘ Royal Society ⓘ |
| name | David Bryant Mumford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableAward | Fields Medal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation | university professor ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Professor of Applied Mathematics at Brown University
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Professor of Mathematics at Harvard University ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Subject: David Mumford Description of subject: David Mumford is an American mathematician renowned for his influential work in algebraic geometry and for receiving the Fields Medal in 1974.
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