Johannes G. van der Corput

E217363

Dutch mathematician human mathematician

Johannes G. van der Corput was a Dutch mathematician renowned for his foundational contributions to analytic number theory and uniform distribution.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
J. G. van der Corput	4
Johannes G. van der Corput canonical	2
Johannes van der Corput	1
van den Corput	1
van der Corput	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1930670 — 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: Johannes G. van der Corput
Context triple: [Tjalling C. Koopmans, doctoralAdvisor, Johannes G. van der Corput]

A. N. G. de Bruijn
N. G. de Bruijn was a Dutch mathematician renowned for his influential work in number theory, combinatorics, and logic, including the introduction of de Bruijn sequences and de Bruijn graphs.
B. Luitzen Egbertus Jan Brouwer
Luitzen Egbertus Jan Brouwer was a Dutch mathematician and philosopher best known as the founder of intuitionism, a major school in the philosophy of mathematics that challenged classical logic and set theory.
C. Harold Davenport
Harold Davenport was a prominent 20th-century British mathematician renowned for his contributions to number theory and his influential role as a doctoral advisor to many leading mathematicians.
D. Klaus Roth
Klaus Roth was a German-born British mathematician renowned for his groundbreaking work in number theory, particularly his proof of Roth's theorem on Diophantine approximation, for which he received the Fields Medal in 1958.
E. Helmut Hasse
Helmut Hasse was a German mathematician renowned for his contributions to algebraic number theory and local class field theory, including the Hasse principle and Hasse–Minkowski theorem.
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: Johannes G. van der Corput
Target entity description: Johannes G. van der Corput was a Dutch mathematician renowned for his foundational contributions to analytic number theory and uniform distribution.

A. N. G. de Bruijn
N. G. de Bruijn was a Dutch mathematician renowned for his influential work in number theory, combinatorics, and logic, including the introduction of de Bruijn sequences and de Bruijn graphs.
B. Luitzen Egbertus Jan Brouwer
Luitzen Egbertus Jan Brouwer was a Dutch mathematician and philosopher best known as the founder of intuitionism, a major school in the philosophy of mathematics that challenged classical logic and set theory.
C. Harold Davenport
Harold Davenport was a prominent 20th-century British mathematician renowned for his contributions to number theory and his influential role as a doctoral advisor to many leading mathematicians.
D. Klaus Roth
Klaus Roth was a German-born British mathematician renowned for his groundbreaking work in number theory, particularly his proof of Roth's theorem on Diophantine approximation, for which he received the Fields Medal in 1958.
E. Helmut Hasse
Helmut Hasse was a German mathematician renowned for his contributions to algebraic number theory and local class field theory, including the Hasse principle and Hasse–Minkowski theorem.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Dutch mathematician ⓘ human ⓘ mathematician ⓘ
areaOfInfluence	20th-century mathematics ⓘ European mathematical community ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Kingdom of the Netherlands ⓘ
employer	Leiden University ⓘ linked to: University of Leiden Rice University ⓘ University of Amsterdam ⓘ University of California, Los Angeles ⓘ University of Groningen ⓘ
familyName	van der Corput ⓘ linked to: Johannes G. van der Corput
fieldOfWork	analytic number theory ⓘ harmonic analysis ⓘ mathematics ⓘ number theory ⓘ uniform distribution theory ⓘ
givenName	Johannes ⓘ
hasAcademicDiscipline	pure mathematics ⓘ
hasNotableStudent	many later researchers in analytic number theory ⓘ
influenced	development of analytic number theory in the 20th century ⓘ theory of uniform distribution sequences ⓘ
knownFor	contributions to analytic number theory ⓘ contributions to the theory of uniform distribution ⓘ results on exponential sums ⓘ van der Corput inequality ⓘ van der Corput lemma ⓘ van der Corput method ⓘ work on uniform distribution modulo 1 ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	Dutch ⓘ English ⓘ German ⓘ
memberOf	Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences ⓘ
name	Johannes G. van der Corput ⓘ
nationality	Dutch ⓘ
notableConcept	van der Corput lemma in harmonic analysis ⓘ linked to: van der Corput lemma van der Corput method for estimating exponential sums ⓘ
notableWork	papers on uniform distribution modulo 1 ⓘ work on exponential sums in number theory ⓘ
occupation	mathematician ⓘ university teacher ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
workFocusedOn	applications of analytic methods in number theory ⓘ distribution of sequences modulo 1 ⓘ estimates for trigonometric and exponential sums ⓘ

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