Konrad Osterwalder
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Konrad Osterwalder is a Swiss theoretical physicist and mathematician known for his foundational work in quantum field theory and contributions to the mathematical structure of physics.
All labels observed (1)
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| Konrad Osterwalder canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2631455 — 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: Konrad Osterwalder Context triple: [Osterwalder–Schrader axioms, introducedBy, Konrad Osterwalder]
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A.
Clayton Christensen
Clayton Christensen was an influential American business scholar and Harvard Business School professor best known for developing the theory of disruptive innovation.
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B.
Hasso Plattner
Hasso Plattner is a German billionaire entrepreneur and philanthropist best known as a co-founder of the enterprise software giant SAP and a prominent patron of science and the arts.
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C.
Tobias Kohn
Tobias Kohn is a computer scientist and software developer known for his contributions to the Python language, including co-authoring PEP 622 on pattern matching.
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D.
Scott Belsky
Scott Belsky is an American entrepreneur, author, and investor best known as the co-founder of the creative platform Behance and as a longtime product leader at Adobe.
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E.
Joel Garreau
Joel Garreau is an American journalist and author best known for popularizing the concept of the "edge city" in urban studies.
- 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: Konrad Osterwalder Target entity description: Konrad Osterwalder is a Swiss theoretical physicist and mathematician known for his foundational work in quantum field theory and contributions to the mathematical structure of physics.
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A.
Clayton Christensen
Clayton Christensen was an influential American business scholar and Harvard Business School professor best known for developing the theory of disruptive innovation.
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B.
Hasso Plattner
Hasso Plattner is a German billionaire entrepreneur and philanthropist best known as a co-founder of the enterprise software giant SAP and a prominent patron of science and the arts.
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C.
Tobias Kohn
Tobias Kohn is a computer scientist and software developer known for his contributions to the Python language, including co-authoring PEP 622 on pattern matching.
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D.
Scott Belsky
Scott Belsky is an American entrepreneur, author, and investor best known as the co-founder of the creative platform Behance and as a longtime product leader at Adobe.
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E.
Joel Garreau
Joel Garreau is an American journalist and author best known for popularizing the concept of the "edge city" in urban studies.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Swiss mathematician
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Swiss physicist ⓘ human ⓘ mathematician ⓘ theoretical physicist ⓘ |
| affiliation | International Association of Mathematical Physics ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Switzerland ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Switzerland ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1942 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | ETH Zurich ⓘ |
| employer |
ETH Zurich
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United Nations ⓘ United Nations University ⓘ University of Zurich ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
functional analysis
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mathematical physics ⓘ quantum field theory ⓘ theoretical physics ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasAcademicDiscipline |
probability theory in physics
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quantum theory ⓘ |
| hasContribution |
link between Euclidean and Minkowskian quantum field theories
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mathematical structure of quantum fields ⓘ rigorous formulation of Euclidean quantum field theory ⓘ |
| hasResearchInterest |
foundations of quantum physics
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mathematical structure of physics ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Osterwalder–Schrader axioms
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Osterwalder–Schrader reconstruction theorem ⓘ
linked to:
Osterwalder–Schrader axioms
foundational work in Euclidean quantum field theory ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
English
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German ⓘ |
| memberOf | Swiss Academy of Sciences ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | German ⓘ |
| notableStudent | Jürg Fröhlich ⓘ |
| notableWork |
axiomatization of Euclidean Green’s functions
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publications on constructive field theory ⓘ work on constructive quantum field theory ⓘ |
| occupation |
researcher
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university teacher ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Basel
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linked to:
Basel-Stadt
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| positionHeld |
Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations
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professor of mathematics ⓘ professor of theoretical physics ⓘ rector of the United Nations University ⓘ rector of the University of Zurich ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Konrad Osterwalder Description of subject: Konrad Osterwalder is a Swiss theoretical physicist and mathematician known for his foundational work in quantum field theory and contributions to the mathematical structure of physics.
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