Jacques Hadamard
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Jacques Hadamard was a prominent French mathematician known for his fundamental contributions to number theory, complex analysis, and partial differential equations, including the prime number theorem and the concept of well-posed problems.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Jacques Hadamard canonical | 22 |
| Hadamard | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Jacques Hadamard Context triple: [École Polytechnique, hasAlumnus, Jacques Hadamard]
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Émile Picard
Émile Picard was a prominent French mathematician known for his fundamental contributions to complex analysis and algebraic geometry, including Picard's theorems.
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Henri Poincaré
Henri Poincaré was a French mathematician, theoretical physicist, and philosopher of science renowned for his foundational contributions to topology, dynamical systems, and the theory of relativity.
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Karl Weierstrass
Karl Weierstrass was a 19th-century German mathematician renowned as a founder of modern analysis, particularly for his rigorous formulation of calculus and the theory of functions.
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D.
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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E.
David Hilbert
David Hilbert was a pioneering German mathematician whose foundational work in fields such as invariant theory, axiomatic systems, and functional analysis profoundly shaped modern mathematics.
- 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: Jacques Hadamard Target entity description: Jacques Hadamard was a prominent French mathematician known for his fundamental contributions to number theory, complex analysis, and partial differential equations, including the prime number theorem and the concept of well-posed problems.
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A.
Émile Picard
Émile Picard was a prominent French mathematician known for his fundamental contributions to complex analysis and algebraic geometry, including Picard's theorems.
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B.
Henri Poincaré
Henri Poincaré was a French mathematician, theoretical physicist, and philosopher of science renowned for his foundational contributions to topology, dynamical systems, and the theory of relativity.
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C.
Karl Weierstrass
Karl Weierstrass was a 19th-century German mathematician renowned as a founder of modern analysis, particularly for his rigorous formulation of calculus and the theory of functions.
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D.
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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E.
David Hilbert
David Hilbert was a pioneering German mathematician whose foundational work in fields such as invariant theory, axiomatic systems, and functional analysis profoundly shaped modern mathematics.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French mathematician
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human ⓘ mathematician ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Bordin Prize
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Grand Prix des Sciences Mathématiques ⓘ
linked to:
Grand Prix of the French Academy of Sciences
Poncelet Prize ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1865-12-08 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Versailles, France
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linked to:
Versailles
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| countryOfCitizenship | France ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1963-10-17 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Paris, France
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linked to:
Paris
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| educatedAt |
University of Paris
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linked to:
Panthéon-Sorbonne University
École Normale Supérieure ⓘ
linked to:
École Normale (Paris)
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| employer |
Collège de France
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Sorbonne ⓘ
linked to:
La Sorbonne
École Polytechnique ⓘ |
| familyName |
Hadamard
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linked to:
Jacques Hadamard
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| fieldOfWork |
complex analysis
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differential geometry ⓘ functional analysis ⓘ mathematics ⓘ number theory ⓘ partial differential equations ⓘ |
| givenName | Jacques ⓘ |
| influenced |
20th-century analysis
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the development of modern PDE theory ⓘ the mathematical theory of prime distribution ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Hadamard factorization theorem
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linked to:
Weierstrass factorization theorem
Hadamard inequality ⓘ Hadamard matrices ⓘ Hadamard product (of power series) ⓘ Hadamard three-circle theorem ⓘ Hadamard well-posedness ⓘ
linked to:
Cauchy problem
Hadamard’s example of ill-posed problems ⓘ contributions to the calculus of variations ⓘ contributions to the theory of determinants ⓘ contributions to the theory of entire functions ⓘ contributions to the theory of partial differential equations ⓘ prime number theorem ⓘ work on geodesics and negative curvature ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Académie des Sciences
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French Academy of Sciences ⓘ
linked to:
Académie des Sciences
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| name | Jacques Hadamard ⓘ |
| notableIdea |
definition of well-posed problems in mathematical physics
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use of complex analysis in number theory ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Essai sur l’étude des fonctions données par leur développement de Taylor
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La série de Taylor et son prolongement analytique ⓘ
linked to:
Taylor series
Lectures on Cauchy’s problem in linear partial differential equations ⓘ Leçons sur la propagation des ondes et les équations de l’hydrodynamique ⓘ |
| positionHeld | professor of mathematics ⓘ |
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linked to: Jacques Hadamard
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Hadamard matrices
Leçons sur la propagation des ondes et les équations de l’hydrodynamique
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Jacques Hadamard
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Lectures on Cauchy’s problem in linear partial differential equations
Essai sur l’étude des fonctions données par leur développement de Taylor
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Jacques Hadamard
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Essai sur l’étude des fonctions données par leur développement de Taylor
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Jacques Hadamard
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