Jan Karel Lenstra
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Jan Karel Lenstra is a Dutch mathematician known for his contributions to combinatorial optimization and operations research.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jan Karel Lenstra canonical | 2 |
| Lenstra | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9838968 — 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: Jan Karel Lenstra Context triple: [Hendrik Lenstra, sibling, Jan Karel Lenstra]
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A.
Hendrik Lenstra
Hendrik Lenstra is a Dutch mathematician renowned for his influential work in number theory and computational algebra, including the development of the Lenstra elliptic-curve factorization method.
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B.
Neal Koblitz
Neal Koblitz is an American mathematician best known for pioneering elliptic curve cryptography and contributing significantly to number theory and algebraic geometry.
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C.
Victor Shoup
Victor Shoup is a prominent computer scientist and cryptographer known for his foundational work in public-key cryptography, provable security, and the development of widely used cryptographic libraries.
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D.
Richert Schnorr
Richert Schnorr is a New York–based digital media professional best known as the husband of actor BD Wong.
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E.
Carl Pomerance
Carl Pomerance is an American mathematician renowned for his contributions to number theory, particularly in computational number theory and primality testing.
- 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: Jan Karel Lenstra Target entity description: Jan Karel Lenstra is a Dutch mathematician known for his contributions to combinatorial optimization and operations research.
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A.
Hendrik Lenstra
Hendrik Lenstra is a Dutch mathematician renowned for his influential work in number theory and computational algebra, including the development of the Lenstra elliptic-curve factorization method.
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B.
Neal Koblitz
Neal Koblitz is an American mathematician best known for pioneering elliptic curve cryptography and contributing significantly to number theory and algebraic geometry.
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C.
Victor Shoup
Victor Shoup is a prominent computer scientist and cryptographer known for his foundational work in public-key cryptography, provable security, and the development of widely used cryptographic libraries.
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D.
Richert Schnorr
Richert Schnorr is a New York–based digital media professional best known as the husband of actor BD Wong.
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E.
Carl Pomerance
Carl Pomerance is an American mathematician renowned for his contributions to number theory, particularly in computational number theory and primality testing.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
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mathematician ⓘ operations researcher ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
EURO Gold Medal
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Honorary doctorate (various universities) ⓘ INFORMS John von Neumann Theory Prize ⓘ
linked to:
John von Neumann Theory Prize
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| countryOfCitizenship | Netherlands ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam ⓘ |
| employer |
Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica
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Eindhoven University of Technology ⓘ Tilburg University ⓘ |
| familyName |
Lenstra
ⓘ
linked to:
Jan Karel Lenstra
|
| fieldOfWork |
combinatorial optimization
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mathematics ⓘ operations research ⓘ theoretical computer science ⓘ |
| givenName | Jan ⓘ |
| hasSibling |
Arjen Lenstra
ⓘ
Hendrik Willem Lenstra Jr. ⓘ
linked to:
Hendrik Lenstra
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| knownFor |
combinatorial optimization
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operations research ⓘ scheduling theory ⓘ |
| languageUsed |
Dutch
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English ⓘ |
| memberOf | Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences ⓘ |
| name | Jan Karel Lenstra ⓘ |
| nationality | Dutch ⓘ |
| notableStudent |
Alexander Schrijver
ⓘ
Lex Schrijver ⓘ
linked to:
Alexander Schrijver
|
| notableWork | research on polynomial-time approximation schemes for scheduling ⓘ |
| positionHeld | director of Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica ⓘ |
| workFocus |
algorithmic aspects of scheduling
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complexity of combinatorial optimization problems ⓘ integer programming ⓘ |
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: Jan Karel Lenstra Description of subject: Jan Karel Lenstra is a Dutch mathematician known for his contributions to combinatorial optimization and operations research.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Jan Karel Lenstra