Alicia Boole Stott
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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.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Alicia Boole Stott canonical | 5 |
| Boole–Stott construction of polytopes | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alicia Boole Stott Context triple: [George Boole, child, Alicia Boole Stott]
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Angela Dorothea Kasner
Angela Dorothea Kasner is the birth name of Angela Merkel, the long-serving former Chancellor of Germany and a leading figure in European politics.
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Emmy Noether
Emmy Noether was a pioneering German mathematician whose groundbreaking work in abstract algebra and theoretical physics, especially Noether's theorem linking symmetries and conservation laws, profoundly shaped modern mathematics and physics.
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Hermann Minkowski
Hermann Minkowski was a German mathematician and physicist best known for formulating the four-dimensional spacetime framework that underpins the theory of relativity.
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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."
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Felix Klein
Felix Klein was a German mathematician renowned for his work in group theory, non-Euclidean geometry, and the Erlangen Program, which redefined the foundations of geometry.
- 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: Alicia Boole Stott Target entity description: 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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A.
Angela Dorothea Kasner
Angela Dorothea Kasner is the birth name of Angela Merkel, the long-serving former Chancellor of Germany and a leading figure in European politics.
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Emmy Noether
Emmy Noether was a pioneering German mathematician whose groundbreaking work in abstract algebra and theoretical physics, especially Noether's theorem linking symmetries and conservation laws, profoundly shaped modern mathematics and physics.
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Hermann Minkowski
Hermann Minkowski was a German mathematician and physicist best known for formulating the four-dimensional spacetime framework that underpins the theory of relativity.
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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."
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E.
Felix Klein
Felix Klein was a German mathematician renowned for his work in group theory, non-Euclidean geometry, and the Erlangen Program, which redefined the foundations of geometry.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British mathematician
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human ⓘ mathematician ⓘ |
| birthName | Alicia Boole ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith | H. S. M. Coxeter ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1860-06-08 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1940-12-17 ⓘ |
| educatedBy | Mary Everest Boole ⓘ |
| era |
19th century
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20th century ⓘ |
| familyName |
Boole
ⓘ
linked to:
George Boole
Stott ⓘ |
| father | George Boole ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
four-dimensional geometry
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geometry ⓘ mathematics ⓘ polytopes ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| givenName | Alicia ⓘ |
| hasNotableRelative |
George Boole
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Lucy Everest Boole ⓘ Mary Everest Boole ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
George Boole
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Mary Everest Boole ⓘ |
| knownFor |
extending George Boole’s mathematical legacy
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pioneering work in higher-dimensional geometry ⓘ work on four-dimensional polytopes ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mother | Mary Everest Boole ⓘ |
| name | Alicia Boole Stott ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
classified certain semiregular 4-polytopes
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gave three-dimensional models of four-dimensional regular polytopes ⓘ introduced methods for visualizing 4D polytopes via their 3D sections ⓘ |
| notableConcept |
Boole–Stott construction of polytopes
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linked to:
Alicia Boole Stott
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| notableFor | being one of the earliest women to contribute significantly to higher-dimensional geometry ⓘ |
| notableWork | construction and analysis of regular 4-polytopes ⓘ |
| occupation |
actuary
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mathematician ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Cork
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linked to:
Cork city
Ireland ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
London
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linked to:
London, England
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| residence |
England
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London ⓘ
linked to:
London, England
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| sibling | Lucy Everest Boole ⓘ |
| spouse | Walter Stott ⓘ |
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linked to: Alicia Boole Stott