Jean‑Victor Poncelet
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Jean‑Victor Poncelet was a 19th‑century French engineer and mathematician renowned as a founder of modern projective geometry and for his influential work in geometry and mechanics.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Jean-Victor Poncelet | 3 |
| Jean‑Victor Poncelet canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jean‑Victor Poncelet Context triple: [Géométrie de position, influenced, Jean‑Victor Poncelet]
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A.
Gaspard Monge
Gaspard Monge was a French mathematician and geometer, best known as a founder of descriptive geometry and a key figure in the development of modern engineering education.
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B.
Jean-François-Thérèse Chalgrin
Jean-François-Thérèse Chalgrin was a prominent French neoclassical architect best known for designing Paris’s Arc de Triomphe.
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C.
Jules Dupuit
Jules Dupuit was a 19th-century French engineer and economist known for pioneering the concepts of consumer surplus and marginal utility in public economics.
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D.
Joseph-François Mangin
Joseph-François Mangin was a French-American architect best known for co-designing New York City Hall in the early 19th century.
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E.
Alexandre Antoine Davy de la Pailleterie
Alexandre Antoine Davy de la Pailleterie was a French nobleman and military officer best known as the aristocratic father of General Thomas-Alexandre Dumas and grandfather of novelist Alexandre Dumas.
- 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: Jean‑Victor Poncelet Target entity description: Jean‑Victor Poncelet was a 19th‑century French engineer and mathematician renowned as a founder of modern projective geometry and for his influential work in geometry and mechanics.
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A.
Gaspard Monge
Gaspard Monge was a French mathematician and geometer, best known as a founder of descriptive geometry and a key figure in the development of modern engineering education.
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B.
Jean-François-Thérèse Chalgrin
Jean-François-Thérèse Chalgrin was a prominent French neoclassical architect best known for designing Paris’s Arc de Triomphe.
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C.
Jules Dupuit
Jules Dupuit was a 19th-century French engineer and economist known for pioneering the concepts of consumer surplus and marginal utility in public economics.
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D.
Joseph-François Mangin
Joseph-François Mangin was a French-American architect best known for co-designing New York City Hall in the early 19th century.
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E.
Alexandre Antoine Davy de la Pailleterie
Alexandre Antoine Davy de la Pailleterie was a French nobleman and military officer best known as the aristocratic father of General Thomas-Alexandre Dumas and grandfather of novelist Alexandre Dumas.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French person
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human ⓘ mathematician ⓘ |
| areaOfExpertise |
hydraulic turbines
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theory of machines ⓘ |
| birthCountry | France ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1788-07-01 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Metz ⓘ |
| contributedTo | theory of water wheels and turbines ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1867-12-22 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Paris ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
École Polytechnique
ⓘ
École d’Application de l’Artillerie et du Génie de Metz ⓘ |
| era | 19th century ⓘ |
| familyName | Poncelet ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
engineering
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geometry ⓘ mechanics ⓘ projective geometry ⓘ |
| givenName | Jean-Victor ⓘ |
| hasConcept |
Poncelet’s closure theorem
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linked to:
Poncelet’s porism
Poncelet’s porism for polygons between two conics ⓘ
linked to:
Poncelet’s porism
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| influenced |
Jakob Steiner
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Julius Plücker ⓘ development of 19th-century geometry ⓘ projective geometry as a discipline ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Gaspard Monge
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Lazare Carnot ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Poncelet polygon
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Poncelet’s porism ⓘ applications of projective methods to geometry ⓘ founding modern projective geometry ⓘ principle of continuity in projective geometry ⓘ work in applied mechanics ⓘ work on the theory of conic sections ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | French ⓘ |
| memberOf |
French Academy of Sciences
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linked to:
Académie des Sciences
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| militaryRank | officer ⓘ |
| name |
Jean-Victor Poncelet
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linked to:
Jean‑Victor Poncelet
|
| nationality | French ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Applications d’analyse et de géométrie
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linked to:
Application de l’analyse à la géométrie
Traité des propriétés projectives des figures ⓘ |
| occupation |
military engineer
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professor ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
director of École Polytechnique
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engineer in the Corps of Engineers ⓘ professor at École Polytechnique ⓘ |
| servedIn | French Army ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Metz
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Paris ⓘ |
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Referenced by (4)
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Jean‑Victor Poncelet
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linked to: Jean‑Victor Poncelet