Peter Sarnak
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Peter Sarnak is a prominent mathematician known for his influential work in number theory, automorphic forms, and spectral theory.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Peter Sarnak canonical | 9 |
| Peter Clive Sarnak | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Peter Sarnak Context triple: [School of Mathematics, employerOf, Peter Sarnak]
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Manjul Bhargava
Manjul Bhargava is a Canadian-American mathematician renowned for his groundbreaking work in number theory, for which he received the Fields Medal in 2014.
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Enrico Bombieri
Enrico Bombieri is an Italian mathematician renowned for his work in number theory, analysis, and the theory of minimal surfaces, and as a recipient of the Fields Medal.
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C.
Charles Fefferman
Charles Fefferman is an American mathematician renowned for his groundbreaking work in harmonic analysis, partial differential equations, and several complex variables, and is a Fields Medalist and long-time professor at Princeton University.
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D.
Terence Tao
Terence Tao is an Australian-American mathematician renowned for his groundbreaking work in harmonic analysis, partial differential equations, additive combinatorics, and analytic number theory.
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Elias Stein
Elias Stein was a highly influential American mathematician renowned for his foundational contributions to harmonic analysis and his long tenure at Princeton University.
- 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: Peter Sarnak Target entity description: Peter Sarnak is a prominent mathematician known for his influential work in number theory, automorphic forms, and spectral theory.
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A.
Manjul Bhargava
Manjul Bhargava is a Canadian-American mathematician renowned for his groundbreaking work in number theory, for which he received the Fields Medal in 2014.
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B.
Enrico Bombieri
Enrico Bombieri is an Italian mathematician renowned for his work in number theory, analysis, and the theory of minimal surfaces, and as a recipient of the Fields Medal.
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C.
Charles Fefferman
Charles Fefferman is an American mathematician renowned for his groundbreaking work in harmonic analysis, partial differential equations, and several complex variables, and is a Fields Medalist and long-time professor at Princeton University.
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D.
Terence Tao
Terence Tao is an Australian-American mathematician renowned for his groundbreaking work in harmonic analysis, partial differential equations, additive combinatorics, and analytic number theory.
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E.
Elias Stein
Elias Stein was a highly influential American mathematician renowned for his foundational contributions to harmonic analysis and his long tenure at Princeton University.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
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mathematician ⓘ number theorist ⓘ |
| academicDegree | PhD in mathematics ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Cole Prize in Number Theory
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linked to:
Frank Nelson Cole Prize in Number Theory
Nemmers Prize in Mathematics ⓘ Ostrowski Prize ⓘ Pólya Prize ⓘ Wolf Prize in Mathematics ⓘ |
| citizenship |
South Africa
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United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | South Africa ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1953-12-18 ⓘ |
| doctoralAdvisor | Paul Cohen ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Stanford University
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University of the Witwatersrand ⓘ |
| employer |
Institute for Advanced Study
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Princeton University ⓘ |
| era |
20th-century mathematics
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21st-century mathematics ⓘ |
| field |
analytic number theory
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arithmetic geometry ⓘ automorphic forms ⓘ mathematics ⓘ number theory ⓘ quantum chaos ⓘ random matrix theory ⓘ spectral theory ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| knownFor |
applications of random matrix theory to number theory
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contributions to the theory of expander graphs ⓘ work on L-functions ⓘ work on Ramanujan graphs ⓘ work on automorphic forms ⓘ work on quantum chaos and arithmetic quantum chaos ⓘ work on the Möbius function and randomness ⓘ work on the spectrum of automorphic forms ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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American Mathematical Society ⓘ National Academy of Sciences ⓘ Royal Society ⓘ |
| name |
Peter Clive Sarnak
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linked to:
Peter Sarnak
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| notableStudent |
Akshay Venkatesh
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Manjul Bhargava ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Johannesburg
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linked to:
Johannesburg, South Africa
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| positionHeld |
Eugene Higgins Professor of Mathematics at Princeton University
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Professor at the Institute for Advanced Study ⓘ |
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Referenced by (10)
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linked to: Peter Sarnak