Per Martin-Löf
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Per Martin-Löf is a Swedish logician and philosopher known for developing intuitionistic type theory, a foundational system that underpins much of modern constructive mathematics and type theory in computer science.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Per Martin-Löf canonical | 8 |
| Martin-Löf | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3037547 — 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: Per Martin-Löf Context triple: [Andrei Kolmogorov, influenced, Per Martin-Löf]
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A.
Thierry Coquand
Thierry Coquand is a French logician and computer scientist known for his work on type theory, constructive mathematics, and the development of the calculus of constructions.
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B.
Gerhard Gentzen
Gerhard Gentzen was a German mathematician and logician best known for founding structural proof theory and introducing natural deduction and sequent calculus.
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C.
Dana Scott
Dana Scott is an American logician and mathematician renowned for his foundational work in domain theory, model theory, and the semantics of programming languages, for which he received the Turing Award.
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D.
Haskell Curry
Haskell Curry was an American mathematician and logician known for his foundational work in combinatory logic and for inspiring the name of the Haskell programming language.
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E.
Kurt Gödel
Kurt Gödel was a pioneering logician and mathematician best known for his incompleteness theorems, which fundamentally transformed the foundations of mathematics and logic.
- 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: Per Martin-Löf Target entity description: Per Martin-Löf is a Swedish logician and philosopher known for developing intuitionistic type theory, a foundational system that underpins much of modern constructive mathematics and type theory in computer science.
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A.
Thierry Coquand
Thierry Coquand is a French logician and computer scientist known for his work on type theory, constructive mathematics, and the development of the calculus of constructions.
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B.
Gerhard Gentzen
Gerhard Gentzen was a German mathematician and logician best known for founding structural proof theory and introducing natural deduction and sequent calculus.
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C.
Dana Scott
Dana Scott is an American logician and mathematician renowned for his foundational work in domain theory, model theory, and the semantics of programming languages, for which he received the Turing Award.
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D.
Haskell Curry
Haskell Curry was an American mathematician and logician known for his foundational work in combinatory logic and for inspiring the name of the Haskell programming language.
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E.
Kurt Gödel
Kurt Gödel was a pioneering logician and mathematician best known for his incompleteness theorems, which fundamentally transformed the foundations of mathematics and logic.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic
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human ⓘ logician ⓘ mathematician ⓘ philosopher ⓘ |
| areaOfInfluence |
foundations of computer science
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programming language theory ⓘ proof theory ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Sweden ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Stockholm University ⓘ |
| employer |
Royal Institute of Technology
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linked to:
KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Stockholm University ⓘ University of Gothenburg ⓘ University of Stockholm ⓘ
linked to:
Stockholm University
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| familyName |
Martin-Löf
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linked to:
Per Martin-Löf
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| fieldOfWork |
constructive mathematics
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foundations of mathematics ⓘ mathematical logic ⓘ philosophy of mathematics ⓘ probability theory ⓘ type theory ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Per ⓘ |
| hasConceptNamedAfter |
Martin-Löf randomness
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Martin-Löf test of randomness ⓘ
linked to:
Martin-Löf randomness
Martin-Löf type theory ⓘ |
| influenced |
constructive mathematics
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homotopy type theory ⓘ proof assistants ⓘ type theory in computer science ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Arend Heyting
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L. E. J. Brouwer ⓘ
linked to:
Luitzen Egbertus Jan Brouwer
Per Martin-Löf’s teachers in Swedish logic tradition ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Martin-Löf randomness
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Martin-Löf type theory ⓘ constructive foundations of mathematics ⓘ intuitionistic type theory ⓘ work on randomness in sequences ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
English
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Swedish ⓘ |
| name | Per Martin-Löf ⓘ |
| nationality | Swedish ⓘ |
| notableIdea |
Martin-Löf randomness
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constructive type theory ⓘ intuitionistic type theory ⓘ |
| occupation |
professor
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university teacher ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: Per Martin-Löf Description of subject: Per Martin-Löf is a Swedish logician and philosopher known for developing intuitionistic type theory, a foundational system that underpins much of modern constructive mathematics and type theory in computer science.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Per Martin-Löf