Charles M. Newman
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Charles M. Newman is an American mathematician known for his influential work in probability theory and mathematical physics, including contributions related to the de Bruijn–Newman constant.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Charles M. Newman canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9838796 — 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: Charles M. Newman Context triple: [de Bruijn–Newman constant, namedAfter, Charles M. Newman]
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A.
James H. Newman
James H. Newman is a NASA astronaut and physicist who flew on multiple Space Shuttle missions and helped assemble the International Space Station.
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B.
Joseph M. Newman
Joseph M. Newman was an American film director and assistant director active in Hollywood’s studio era, known for his work on both major feature films and early science fiction cinema.
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C.
J. F. Newman
J. F. Newman is a scientist or researcher known for discovering the entity designated VX.
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D.
Murray A. Newman
Murray A. Newman was a Canadian marine biologist and conservationist best known for establishing and leading the Vancouver Aquarium as a pioneering center for marine research and public education.
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E.
Richard G. Newman
Richard G. Newman is an American engineer and business executive best known as the founding leader and former CEO of the global infrastructure and engineering firm AECOM.
- 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: Charles M. Newman Target entity description: Charles M. Newman is an American mathematician known for his influential work in probability theory and mathematical physics, including contributions related to the de Bruijn–Newman constant.
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A.
James H. Newman
James H. Newman is a NASA astronaut and physicist who flew on multiple Space Shuttle missions and helped assemble the International Space Station.
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B.
Joseph M. Newman
Joseph M. Newman was an American film director and assistant director active in Hollywood’s studio era, known for his work on both major feature films and early science fiction cinema.
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C.
J. F. Newman
J. F. Newman is a scientist or researcher known for discovering the entity designated VX.
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D.
Murray A. Newman
Murray A. Newman was a Canadian marine biologist and conservationist best known for establishing and leading the Vancouver Aquarium as a pioneering center for marine research and public education.
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E.
Richard G. Newman
Richard G. Newman is an American engineer and business executive best known as the founding leader and former CEO of the global infrastructure and engineering firm AECOM.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
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mathematician ⓘ probabilist ⓘ |
| academicDegree | PhD in mathematics ⓘ |
| affiliation |
Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences
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linked to:
New York University
|
| awardReceived |
Guggenheim Fellowship
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Leroy P. Steele Prize for Seminal Contribution to Research ⓘ
linked to:
Leroy P. Steele Prize
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| birthName | Charles Michael Newman ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| doctoralAdvisor | William Feller ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Princeton University ⓘ |
| employer |
Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences
ⓘ
linked to:
New York University
New York University ⓘ |
| familyName | Newman ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
mathematical physics
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percolation theory ⓘ phase transitions ⓘ probability theory ⓘ random media ⓘ random walks ⓘ spin glasses ⓘ statistical mechanics ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Charles ⓘ |
| hasAcademicDiscipline | mathematics ⓘ |
| hasResearchInterest |
critical phenomena
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disordered systems ⓘ interacting particle systems ⓘ random processes ⓘ |
| knownFor |
results related to the de Bruijn–Newman constant
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work in mathematical physics ⓘ work in probability theory ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
American Mathematical Society
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Institute of Mathematical Statistics ⓘ |
| notableStudent | Ofer Zeitouni ⓘ |
| notableWork |
contributions to percolation theory
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contributions to spin glass theory ⓘ research on the de Bruijn–Newman constant ⓘ work on phase transitions in disordered systems ⓘ |
| occupation |
researcher
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university teacher ⓘ |
| positionHeld | professor of mathematics ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
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: Charles M. Newman Description of subject: Charles M. Newman is an American mathematician known for his influential work in probability theory and mathematical physics, including contributions related to the de Bruijn–Newman constant.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.