Thomas Joannes Stieltjes
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Thomas Joannes Stieltjes was a Dutch mathematician known for his foundational work in analysis and continued fractions, most notably the development of the Riemann–Stieltjes integral.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Joannes Stieltjes Context triple: [Riemann–Stieltjes integral, namedAfter, Thomas Joannes Stieltjes]
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Joseph Liouville
Joseph Liouville was a 19th-century French mathematician known for foundational contributions to number theory, complex analysis, and the early development of fractional calculus.
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Charles Hermite
Charles Hermite was a 19th-century French mathematician renowned for his work in number theory, algebra, and analysis, including the first proof that e is a transcendental number.
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C.
Johannes G. G. Darboux
Johannes G. G. Darboux was a French mathematician known for his influential work in geometry and analysis, including the Darboux theorem and Darboux's law of intermediate values.
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D.
Karl Weierstrass
Karl Weierstrass was a 19th-century German mathematician renowned as a founder of modern analysis, particularly for his rigorous formulation of calculus and the theory of functions.
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E.
Charles-Jean de la Vallée Poussin
Charles-Jean de la Vallée Poussin was a Belgian mathematician renowned for his foundational work in analysis and number theory, including an independent first proof of the prime number theorem.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Joannes Stieltjes Target entity description: Thomas Joannes Stieltjes was a Dutch mathematician known for his foundational work in analysis and continued fractions, most notably the development of the Riemann–Stieltjes integral.
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A.
Joseph Liouville
Joseph Liouville was a 19th-century French mathematician known for foundational contributions to number theory, complex analysis, and the early development of fractional calculus.
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B.
Charles Hermite
Charles Hermite was a 19th-century French mathematician renowned for his work in number theory, algebra, and analysis, including the first proof that e is a transcendental number.
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C.
Johannes G. G. Darboux
Johannes G. G. Darboux was a French mathematician known for his influential work in geometry and analysis, including the Darboux theorem and Darboux's law of intermediate values.
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D.
Karl Weierstrass
Karl Weierstrass was a 19th-century German mathematician renowned as a founder of modern analysis, particularly for his rigorous formulation of calculus and the theory of functions.
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E.
Charles-Jean de la Vallée Poussin
Charles-Jean de la Vallée Poussin was a Belgian mathematician renowned for his foundational work in analysis and number theory, including an independent first proof of the prime number theorem.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Dutch mathematician
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human ⓘ mathematician ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Kingdom of the Netherlands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of the Netherlands ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | France ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1856-12-29 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1894-12-31 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Delft University of Technology NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | University of Toulouse NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| eponymOf |
Riemann–Stieltjes integral
NERFINISHED
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Stieltjes constants NERFINISHED ⓘ Stieltjes integral NERFINISHED ⓘ Stieltjes moment problem NERFINISHED ⓘ Stieltjes polynomials NERFINISHED ⓘ Stieltjes transform NERFINISHED ⓘ Stieltjes–Perron inversion formula NERFINISHED ⓘ Stieltjes–Wigert polynomials NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Stieltjes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
continued fractions
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mathematical analysis ⓘ mathematics ⓘ measure theory ⓘ special functions ⓘ |
| givenName | Thomas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAcademicDiscipline | pure mathematics ⓘ |
| influenced |
functional analysis
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measure theory ⓘ orthogonal polynomials ⓘ probability theory ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Bernhard Riemann
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Charles Hermite NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
Dutch
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French ⓘ |
| memberOf | Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Thomas Joannes Stieltjes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | Dutch ⓘ |
| notableStudent | Paul Appell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Recherches sur les fractions continues
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Riemann–Stieltjes integral NERFINISHED ⓘ Stieltjes moment problem NERFINISHED ⓘ Stieltjes transform NERFINISHED ⓘ theory of continued fractions ⓘ |
| occupation | university teacher ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Zwolle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Toulouse NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
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