Igor Shafarevich
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Igor Shafarevich was a prominent Soviet and Russian mathematician known for his influential work in algebraic number theory and algebraic geometry, as well as for his controversial political writings.
All labels observed (1)
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| Igor Shafarevich canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Igor Shafarevich Context triple: [Neal Koblitz, hasAcademicAdvisor, Igor Shafarevich]
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Ilya Piatetski-Shapiro
Ilya Piatetski-Shapiro was a prominent Soviet-Israeli mathematician known for his influential work in number theory, representation theory, and automorphic forms.
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B.
Vladimir Bogomolov
Vladimir Bogomolov was a Soviet writer best known for his war-themed fiction, some of which was adapted into notable films.
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C.
Vladimir Arnold
Vladimir Arnold was a prominent Soviet and Russian mathematician renowned for his fundamental contributions to dynamical systems, catastrophe theory, and singularity theory.
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D.
Sergei Novikov
Sergei Novikov is a Russian mathematician renowned for his pioneering work in topology, particularly in the fields of cobordism theory and the topology of manifolds, for which he received the Fields Medal.
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E.
Nikolai Chebotaryov
Nikolai Chebotaryov was a Russian mathematician best known for his foundational contributions to algebraic number theory, particularly in Galois theory and the distribution of prime ideals.
- 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: Igor Shafarevich Target entity description: Igor Shafarevich was a prominent Soviet and Russian mathematician known for his influential work in algebraic number theory and algebraic geometry, as well as for his controversial political writings.
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A.
Ilya Piatetski-Shapiro
Ilya Piatetski-Shapiro was a prominent Soviet-Israeli mathematician known for his influential work in number theory, representation theory, and automorphic forms.
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B.
Vladimir Bogomolov
Vladimir Bogomolov was a Soviet writer best known for his war-themed fiction, some of which was adapted into notable films.
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C.
Vladimir Arnold
Vladimir Arnold was a prominent Soviet and Russian mathematician renowned for his fundamental contributions to dynamical systems, catastrophe theory, and singularity theory.
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D.
Sergei Novikov
Sergei Novikov is a Russian mathematician renowned for his pioneering work in topology, particularly in the fields of cobordism theory and the topology of manifolds, for which he received the Fields Medal.
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E.
Nikolai Chebotaryov
Nikolai Chebotaryov was a Russian mathematician best known for his foundational contributions to algebraic number theory, particularly in Galois theory and the distribution of prime ideals.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Soviet mathematician
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human ⓘ mathematician ⓘ university teacher ⓘ |
| academicDegree | Doctor of Sciences in Physics and Mathematics ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Lenin Prize
NERFINISHED
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Lobachevsky Prize NERFINISHED ⓘ USSR State Prize NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Russia
NERFINISHED
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Soviet Union ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1923-06-03 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2017-02-19 ⓘ |
| doctoralAdvisor | Boris Delaunay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Moscow State University ⓘ |
| employer |
Moscow State University
NERFINISHED
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Steklov Institute of Mathematics NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Shafarevich NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Galois theory
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algebraic geometry ⓘ algebraic number theory ⓘ group theory ⓘ mathematical education ⓘ mathematics ⓘ |
| givenName | Igor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Russian ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Russian Academy of Sciences
NERFINISHED
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Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts NERFINISHED ⓘ USSR Academy of Sciences NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | Russian ⓘ |
| notableIdea |
Golod–Shafarevich theorem
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Shafarevich conjecture in algebraic geometry NERFINISHED ⓘ Shafarevich theorem on solvable Galois groups NERFINISHED ⓘ Shafarevich–Tate group NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Basic Algebraic Geometry
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Discourses on Algebra NERFINISHED ⓘ Number Theory NERFINISHED ⓘ Russophobia ⓘ The Socialist Phenomenon NERFINISHED ⓘ The Theory of Numbers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Ukrainian SSR
NERFINISHED
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Zhytomyr NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Moscow ⓘ |
| politicalActivity |
Russian nationalist writer
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critic of socialism ⓘ dissident in the Soviet Union ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| student |
Alexei Kostrikin
NERFINISHED
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Evgeny Golod NERFINISHED ⓘ Igor Dolgachev NERFINISHED ⓘ Vladimir Platonov NERFINISHED ⓘ Yuri Manin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workLocation | Moscow State University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Subject: Igor Shafarevich Description of subject: Igor Shafarevich was a prominent Soviet and Russian mathematician known for his influential work in algebraic number theory and algebraic geometry, as well as for his controversial political writings.
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