Évariste Galois
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Évariste Galois was a pioneering 19th-century French mathematician whose foundational work in group theory and the theory of equations gave rise to modern Galois theory.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Évariste Galois canonical | 23 |
| Évariste | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T397969 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Évariste Galois Context triple: [Felix Klein, influencedBy, Évariste Galois]
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A.
Niels Henrik Abel
Niels Henrik Abel was a pioneering 19th-century Norwegian mathematician renowned for his groundbreaking work in algebra and analysis, including proving the insolvability of the general quintic equation by radicals.
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Augustin-Louis Cauchy
Augustin-Louis Cauchy was a pioneering 19th-century French mathematician whose rigorous foundations for calculus and complex analysis profoundly shaped modern mathematics.
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Sophus Lie
Sophus Lie was a Norwegian mathematician renowned for founding the theory of continuous transformation groups, now known as Lie groups, which play a central role in modern geometry and theoretical physics.
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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.
Paul Gordan
Paul Gordan was a 19th-century German mathematician known as the "king of invariant theory" for his foundational work in algebraic invariants.
- 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: Évariste Galois Target entity description: Évariste Galois was a pioneering 19th-century French mathematician whose foundational work in group theory and the theory of equations gave rise to modern Galois theory.
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A.
Niels Henrik Abel
Niels Henrik Abel was a pioneering 19th-century Norwegian mathematician renowned for his groundbreaking work in algebra and analysis, including proving the insolvability of the general quintic equation by radicals.
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B.
Augustin-Louis Cauchy
Augustin-Louis Cauchy was a pioneering 19th-century French mathematician whose rigorous foundations for calculus and complex analysis profoundly shaped modern mathematics.
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C.
Sophus Lie
Sophus Lie was a Norwegian mathematician renowned for founding the theory of continuous transformation groups, now known as Lie groups, which play a central role in modern geometry and theoretical physics.
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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.
Paul Gordan
Paul Gordan was a 19th-century German mathematician known as the "king of invariant theory" for his foundational work in algebraic invariants.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French mathematician
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human ⓘ mathematician ⓘ |
| ageAtDeath | 20 ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath |
duel
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gunshot wound ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | France ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1811-10-25 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1832-05-31 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Lycée Louis-le-Grand ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | French ⓘ |
| familyName | Galois ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Galois theory
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algebra ⓘ group theory ⓘ mathematics ⓘ theory of equations ⓘ |
| givenName |
Évariste
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linked to:
Évariste Galois
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| hasCanonicalName | Évariste Galois ⓘ |
| influenced |
Camille Jordan
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Emmy Noether ⓘ Henri Poincaré ⓘ modern abstract algebra ⓘ modern field theory ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Augustin-Louis Cauchy
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Carl Friedrich Gauss ⓘ Joseph-Louis Lagrange ⓘ |
| knownFor |
founding Galois theory
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founding modern group theory ⓘ work on polynomial equations ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | French ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | death by firearm ⓘ |
| movement | French republicanism ⓘ |
| name | Évariste Galois ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | French ⓘ |
| notableIdea |
Galois group of a polynomial
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conditions for solvability of equations by radicals ⓘ connection between field extensions and groups ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Galois theory
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criteria for solvability of polynomial equations by radicals ⓘ foundations of group theory ⓘ |
| occupation | mathematician ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Bourg-la-Reine
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Kingdom of France ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Kingdom of France
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Paris ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | republican ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workLocation | Paris ⓘ |
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Subject: Évariste Galois Description of subject: Évariste Galois was a pioneering 19th-century French mathematician whose foundational work in group theory and the theory of equations gave rise to modern Galois theory.
Referenced by (25)
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