H. S. M. Coxeter
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H. S. M. Coxeter was a prominent 20th-century British-Canadian mathematician renowned for his pioneering work in geometry, especially in the study of polytopes and higher-dimensional spaces.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| H. S. M. Coxeter canonical | 7 |
| Harold Scott MacDonald Coxeter | 6 |
| Canadian mathematician H. S. M. Coxeter | 1 |
| Coxeter | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T693154 — 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: H. S. M. Coxeter Context triple: [Alicia Boole Stott, collaboratedWith, H. S. M. Coxeter]
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Alicia Boole Stott
Alicia Boole Stott was a British mathematician known for her pioneering work on four-dimensional polytopes and for extending her father George Boole’s legacy in mathematics.
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Max Dehn
Max Dehn was a German mathematician known for his foundational work in topology and group theory, including the introduction of Dehn surgery and the study of decision problems in group theory.
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George Szekeres
George Szekeres was a Hungarian-Australian mathematician known for his contributions to general relativity, combinatorics, and number theory.
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Hassler Whitney
Hassler Whitney was an influential American mathematician known for foundational contributions to differential topology and geometry, including work on manifolds, embeddings, and singularities.
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John H. Conway
John H. Conway was a British mathematician renowned for his work in group theory, number theory, and recreational mathematics, including the invention of the cellular automaton "Game of Life."
- 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: H. S. M. Coxeter Target entity description: H. S. M. Coxeter was a prominent 20th-century British-Canadian mathematician renowned for his pioneering work in geometry, especially in the study of polytopes and higher-dimensional spaces.
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A.
Alicia Boole Stott
Alicia Boole Stott was a British mathematician known for her pioneering work on four-dimensional polytopes and for extending her father George Boole’s legacy in mathematics.
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B.
Max Dehn
Max Dehn was a German mathematician known for his foundational work in topology and group theory, including the introduction of Dehn surgery and the study of decision problems in group theory.
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C.
George Szekeres
George Szekeres was a Hungarian-Australian mathematician known for his contributions to general relativity, combinatorics, and number theory.
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D.
Hassler Whitney
Hassler Whitney was an influential American mathematician known for foundational contributions to differential topology and geometry, including work on manifolds, embeddings, and singularities.
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E.
John H. Conway
John H. Conway was a British mathematician renowned for his work in group theory, number theory, and recreational mathematics, including the invention of the cellular automaton "Game of Life."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: H. S. M. Coxeter Description of subject: H. S. M. Coxeter was a prominent 20th-century British-Canadian mathematician renowned for his pioneering work in geometry, especially in the study of polytopes and higher-dimensional spaces.
Referenced by (15)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Coxeter
this entity surface form:
Harold Scott MacDonald Coxeter
this entity surface form:
Harold Scott MacDonald Coxeter
this entity surface form:
Harold Scott MacDonald Coxeter
this entity surface form:
Harold Scott MacDonald Coxeter
this entity surface form:
Canadian mathematician H. S. M. Coxeter
this entity surface form:
Harold Scott MacDonald Coxeter
this entity surface form:
Harold Scott MacDonald Coxeter