Yves Meyer
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Yves Meyer is a French mathematician renowned for his pioneering contributions to wavelet theory and harmonic analysis.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Yves Meyer canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Yves Meyer Context triple: [CNRS Gold Medal, notableRecipient, Yves Meyer]
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Laurent Schwartz
Laurent Schwartz was a French mathematician renowned for developing the theory of distributions, which revolutionized functional analysis and partial differential equations.
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B.
Jean-Marie Maurice Schérer
Jean-Marie Maurice Schérer is the birth name of Éric Rohmer, the influential French film director, screenwriter, and critic associated with the French New Wave.
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C.
Jean Leray
Jean Leray was a French mathematician renowned for his foundational work in algebraic topology and partial differential equations.
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Jacques-Louis Lions
Jacques-Louis Lions was a prominent French mathematician renowned for his fundamental contributions to partial differential equations and control theory.
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E.
Jean-Philippe Guillemin
Jean-Philippe Guillemin is a software developer best known as the creator and lead developer of the Zenwalk Linux distribution.
- 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: Yves Meyer Target entity description: Yves Meyer is a French mathematician renowned for his pioneering contributions to wavelet theory and harmonic analysis.
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A.
Laurent Schwartz
Laurent Schwartz was a French mathematician renowned for developing the theory of distributions, which revolutionized functional analysis and partial differential equations.
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B.
Jean-Marie Maurice Schérer
Jean-Marie Maurice Schérer is the birth name of Éric Rohmer, the influential French film director, screenwriter, and critic associated with the French New Wave.
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C.
Jean Leray
Jean Leray was a French mathematician renowned for his foundational work in algebraic topology and partial differential equations.
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D.
Jacques-Louis Lions
Jacques-Louis Lions was a prominent French mathematician renowned for his fundamental contributions to partial differential equations and control theory.
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E.
Jean-Philippe Guillemin
Jean-Philippe Guillemin is a software developer best known as the creator and lead developer of the Zenwalk Linux distribution.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French mathematician
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human ⓘ mathematician ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Abel Prize
NERFINISHED
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Gauss Prize NERFINISHED ⓘ Prix Carrière de l’Académie des Sciences NERFINISHED ⓘ Prix Gauss NERFINISHED ⓘ Prix Salem NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | France ⓘ |
| educatedAt | École normale supérieure de la rue d’Ulm NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer |
Conservatoire national des arts et métiers
NERFINISHED
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Université Paris-Dauphine NERFINISHED ⓘ École Polytechnique NERFINISHED ⓘ École normale supérieure de Cachan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Meyer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
harmonic analysis
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mathematics ⓘ wavelet theory ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Yves NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasResearchArea |
Fourier analysis
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applied harmonic analysis ⓘ number theory ⓘ signal processing ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Meyer set in harmonic analysis
NERFINISHED
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Meyer wavelet NERFINISHED ⓘ pioneering contributions to wavelet theory ⓘ work in harmonic analysis ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | French ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Académie des Sciences
NERFINISHED
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Institut universitaire de France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Yves Meyer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | French ⓘ |
| notableWork |
development of orthonormal wavelet bases
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introduction of Meyer wavelets ⓘ work on quasi-crystals and Meyer sets ⓘ |
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