Robin J. Wilson
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Robin J. Wilson is a British mathematician and historian of mathematics known for his work in graph theory and for popularizing mathematics through numerous books and lectures.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Robin J. Wilson canonical | 1 |
| Robin Wilson | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10945758 — 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: Robin J. Wilson Context triple: [Richard J. Wilson, hasCoauthor, Robin J. Wilson]
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A.
Robin Wilson
Robin Wilson is an American musician best known as the lead vocalist of the alternative rock band Gin Blossoms.
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B.
Robin Wilson
Robin Wilson is the son of former British Prime Minister Harold Wilson and his wife Mary Wilson.
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C.
David D. Smith
David D. Smith is an American media executive best known as the longtime chairman and former CEO of Sinclair Broadcast Group, one of the largest television broadcasting companies in the United States.
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D.
Richard K. Guy
Richard K. Guy was a British-Canadian mathematician renowned for his work in number theory, combinatorics, and recreational mathematics, and for coauthoring influential books that popularized mathematical games and puzzles.
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E.
Joel H. Spencer
Joel H. Spencer is an American mathematician known for his pioneering work in probabilistic methods in combinatorics and discrete mathematics.
- 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: Robin J. Wilson Target entity description: Robin J. Wilson is a British mathematician and historian of mathematics known for his work in graph theory and for popularizing mathematics through numerous books and lectures.
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A.
Robin Wilson
Robin Wilson is an American musician best known as the lead vocalist of the alternative rock band Gin Blossoms.
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B.
Robin Wilson
Robin Wilson is the son of former British Prime Minister Harold Wilson and his wife Mary Wilson.
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C.
David D. Smith
David D. Smith is an American media executive best known as the longtime chairman and former CEO of Sinclair Broadcast Group, one of the largest television broadcasting companies in the United States.
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D.
Richard K. Guy
Richard K. Guy was a British-Canadian mathematician renowned for his work in number theory, combinatorics, and recreational mathematics, and for coauthoring influential books that popularized mathematical games and puzzles.
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E.
Joel H. Spencer
Joel H. Spencer is an American mathematician known for his pioneering work in probabilistic methods in combinatorics and discrete mathematics.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historian of mathematics
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human ⓘ mathematician ⓘ university teacher ⓘ |
| coAuthor |
Anthony J. W. Hilton
NERFINISHED
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Edward J. Barbeau NERFINISHED ⓘ Jeremy Gray NERFINISHED ⓘ John J. Watkins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1943 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Balliol College, Oxford
NERFINISHED
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University of Oxford ⓘ |
| employer |
Open University
NERFINISHED
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University of Oxford ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
combinatorics
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graph theory ⓘ history of mathematics ⓘ topology ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasAcademicAdvisor | Graham Higman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasResearchInterest |
colouring problems in graphs
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history of graph theory ⓘ topological graph theory ⓘ |
| hasRole |
author of popular science books
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mathematics popularizer ⓘ |
| hasWritten |
Euler’s Pioneering Equation: The Most Beautiful Theorem in Mathematics
NERFINISHED
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Four Colours Suffice NERFINISHED ⓘ Graph Theory 1736–1936 NERFINISHED ⓘ How to Solve Sudoku NERFINISHED ⓘ Introduction to Graph Theory NERFINISHED ⓘ Lewis Carroll in Numberland NERFINISHED ⓘ Number Theory: A Very Short Introduction NERFINISHED ⓘ Oxford Figures: 800 Years of the Mathematical Sciences NERFINISHED ⓘ The History of Mathematics: A Very Short Introduction NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
books on the four colour problem
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editing collections on the history of mathematics ⓘ historical studies of graph theory ⓘ popular mathematics lectures ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | London Mathematical Society NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
mathematical exposition
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popularization of mathematics ⓘ work in graph theory ⓘ |
| occupation |
historian of mathematics
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mathematician ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
London, England
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surface form:
London
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| positionHeld |
lecturer at the Open University
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tutor in mathematics at the University of Oxford ⓘ |
| studiedAt | Highgate School NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Robin J. Wilson Description of subject: Robin J. Wilson is a British mathematician and historian of mathematics known for his work in graph theory and for popularizing mathematics through numerous books and lectures.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Robin Wilson