David Atiyah
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David Atiyah is one of the sons of the renowned British-Lebanese mathematician Sir Michael Atiyah.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| David Atiyah canonical | 2 |
| John Atiyah | 1 |
| Robin Atiyah | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2314523 — 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: David Atiyah Context triple: [Michael Atiyah, hasChild, David Atiyah]
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Michael Atiyah
Michael Atiyah was a renowned British-Lebanese mathematician celebrated for his fundamental contributions to topology and geometry, including the development of K-theory and the Atiyah–Singer Index Theorem.
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Isadore Singer
Isadore Singer was an American mathematician renowned for co-formulating the Atiyah–Singer Index Theorem, a foundational result linking analysis, topology, and geometry.
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John Milnor
John Milnor is an American mathematician renowned for his groundbreaking work in differential topology, K-theory, and dynamical systems, and is one of the most influential figures in modern mathematics.
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Friedrich Hirzebruch
Friedrich Hirzebruch was a German mathematician renowned for his foundational work in topology and algebraic geometry, particularly the Hirzebruch–Riemann–Roch theorem.
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E.
Robert Langlands
Robert Langlands is a Canadian mathematician best known for initiating the Langlands program, a far-reaching web of conjectures connecting number theory, representation theory, and 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: David Atiyah Target entity description: David Atiyah is one of the sons of the renowned British-Lebanese mathematician Sir Michael Atiyah.
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Michael Atiyah
Michael Atiyah was a renowned British-Lebanese mathematician celebrated for his fundamental contributions to topology and geometry, including the development of K-theory and the Atiyah–Singer Index Theorem.
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B.
Isadore Singer
Isadore Singer was an American mathematician renowned for co-formulating the Atiyah–Singer Index Theorem, a foundational result linking analysis, topology, and geometry.
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C.
John Milnor
John Milnor is an American mathematician renowned for his groundbreaking work in differential topology, K-theory, and dynamical systems, and is one of the most influential figures in modern mathematics.
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Friedrich Hirzebruch
Friedrich Hirzebruch was a German mathematician renowned for his foundational work in topology and algebraic geometry, particularly the Hirzebruch–Riemann–Roch theorem.
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E.
Robert Langlands
Robert Langlands is a Canadian mathematician best known for initiating the Langlands program, a far-reaching web of conjectures connecting number theory, representation theory, and geometry.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (11)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
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mathematician ⓘ |
| child | David Atiyah ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United Kingdom
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United Kingdom ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Lebanese ⓘ |
| familyName |
Atiyah
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linked to:
Michael Atiyah
Atiyah ⓘ
linked to:
Michael Atiyah
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| father | Michael Atiyah ⓘ |
| givenName | David ⓘ |
| honorificPrefix | Sir ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: David Atiyah Description of subject: David Atiyah is one of the sons of the renowned British-Lebanese mathematician Sir Michael Atiyah.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.