Max Noether
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Max Noether was a prominent 19th-century German mathematician known for his foundational contributions to algebraic geometry and as the father of Emmy Noether.
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| Max Noether canonical | 12 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Max Noether Context triple: [Emmy Noether, relative, Max Noether]
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A.
Paul Gordan
Paul Gordan was a 19th-century German mathematician known as the "king of invariant theory" for his foundational work in algebraic invariants.
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B.
Leopold Kronecker
Leopold Kronecker was a 19th-century German mathematician known for his work in number theory, algebra, and logic, and for his influential finitist and constructivist views on mathematics.
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C.
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.
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D.
Felix Klein
Felix Klein was a German mathematician renowned for his work in group theory, non-Euclidean geometry, and the Erlangen Program, which redefined the foundations of geometry.
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E.
Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi
Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi was a 19th-century German mathematician renowned for his fundamental contributions to elliptic functions, number theory, and differential equations.
- 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: Max Noether Target entity description: Max Noether was a prominent 19th-century German mathematician known for his foundational contributions to algebraic geometry and as the father of Emmy Noether.
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A.
Paul Gordan
Paul Gordan was a 19th-century German mathematician known as the "king of invariant theory" for his foundational work in algebraic invariants.
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B.
Leopold Kronecker
Leopold Kronecker was a 19th-century German mathematician known for his work in number theory, algebra, and logic, and for his influential finitist and constructivist views on mathematics.
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C.
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.
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D.
Felix Klein
Felix Klein was a German mathematician renowned for his work in group theory, non-Euclidean geometry, and the Erlangen Program, which redefined the foundations of geometry.
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E.
Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi
Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi was a 19th-century German mathematician renowned for his fundamental contributions to elliptic functions, number theory, and differential equations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
German mathematician
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human ⓘ mathematician ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity |
19th century
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20th century ⓘ |
| child |
Emmy Noether
ⓘ
Fritz Noether ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Grand Duchy of Baden ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
German Empire
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Germany ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1844-09-24 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1921-12-13 ⓘ |
| doctoralAdvisor | Paul Gordan ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
University of Giessen
ⓘ
linked to:
Justus Liebig University Giessen
University of Heidelberg ⓘ
linked to:
Heidelberg University
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| employer |
University of Erlangen–Nuremberg
ⓘ
linked to:
University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
University of Heidelberg ⓘ
linked to:
Heidelberg University
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| ethnicGroup | German ⓘ |
| familyName |
Noether
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linked to:
Emmy Noether
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| fieldOfWork |
algebraic geometry
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mathematics ⓘ |
| givenName | Max ⓘ |
| hasAcademicDiscipline |
algebra
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geometry ⓘ |
| memberOf | Heidelberg Academy of Sciences ⓘ |
| name | Max Noether ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | German ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Noether’s theorem on rational surfaces
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Noether’s theorem on the canonical embedding of algebraic curves ⓘ Noether’s theorem relating differentials and divisors on curves ⓘ being the father of Emmy Noether ⓘ foundational contributions to algebraic geometry ⓘ results on the genus of algebraic curves ⓘ work on birational geometry ⓘ |
| notableStudent | Emmy Noether ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Noether’s theorem in algebraic geometry (Noether’s AF+BG theorem)
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Noether’s theorem on canonical curves ⓘ Noether’s theorem on rationality of surfaces ⓘ contributions to the theory of algebraic curves ⓘ contributions to the theory of algebraic surfaces ⓘ |
| occupation | mathematician ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Mannheim ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Erlangen ⓘ |
| residence |
Erlangen
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Heidelberg ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Ida Amalia Kaufmann ⓘ |
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