Akshay Venkatesh
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Akshay Venkatesh is an Indian-Australian mathematician renowned for his deep contributions to number theory, automorphic forms, and related areas, and is a recipient of the Fields Medal.
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| Akshay Venkatesh canonical | 3 |
| Akshay | 1 |
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Target entity: Akshay Venkatesh Context triple: [Peter Sarnak, notableStudent, Akshay Venkatesh]
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Akshay Kumar
Akshay Kumar is a prominent Indian film actor and producer, known for his action and comedy roles in Bollywood and his long-running, commercially successful career.
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Akshaye Khanna
Akshaye Khanna is an Indian film actor known for his versatile performances in Hindi cinema across both commercial hits and critically acclaimed dramas.
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Vijay
Vijay is a leading Indian film actor and playback singer, predominantly known for his work in Tamil cinema and his massive fan following across South India.
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D.
Hrithik Roshan
Hrithik Roshan is a prominent Indian film actor known for his versatile performances, striking looks, and exceptional dancing skills in Bollywood cinema.
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Rajkummar Rao
Rajkummar Rao is an acclaimed Indian film actor known for his versatile performances in Hindi cinema, particularly in critically praised independent and mainstream films.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Akshay Venkatesh Target entity description: Akshay Venkatesh is an Indian-Australian mathematician renowned for his deep contributions to number theory, automorphic forms, and related areas, and is a recipient of the Fields Medal.
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A.
Akshay Kumar
Akshay Kumar is a prominent Indian film actor and producer, known for his action and comedy roles in Bollywood and his long-running, commercially successful career.
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B.
Akshaye Khanna
Akshaye Khanna is an Indian film actor known for his versatile performances in Hindi cinema across both commercial hits and critically acclaimed dramas.
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C.
Vijay
Vijay is a leading Indian film actor and playback singer, predominantly known for his work in Tamil cinema and his massive fan following across South India.
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D.
Hrithik Roshan
Hrithik Roshan is a prominent Indian film actor known for his versatile performances, striking looks, and exceptional dancing skills in Bollywood cinema.
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E.
Rajkummar Rao
Rajkummar Rao is an acclaimed Indian film actor known for his versatile performances in Hindi cinema, particularly in critically praised independent and mainstream films.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Fields Medalist
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human ⓘ mathematician ⓘ |
| almaMater |
Princeton University
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University of Western Australia ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Fields Medal
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Infosys Prize ⓘ Ostrowski Prize ⓘ Packard Fellowship ⓘ Ruth Lyttle Satter Prize in Mathematics ⓘ SASTRA Ramanujan Prize ⓘ Salem Prize ⓘ Simons Investigator ⓘ
linked to:
Simons Investigator Award
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| citizenship |
Australia
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India ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | India ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1981-11-21 ⓘ |
| doctoralAdvisor | Peter Sarnak ⓘ |
| doctoralThesisTitle | Limiting forms of the trace formula ⓘ |
| doctoralThesisYear | 2002 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Perth Modern School ⓘ |
| employer |
Clay Mathematics Institute
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Institute for Advanced Study ⓘ Stanford University ⓘ |
| familyName | Venkatesh ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
algebraic number theory
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analytic number theory ⓘ arithmetic geometry ⓘ automorphic forms ⓘ homogeneous dynamics ⓘ number theory ⓘ representation theory ⓘ |
| givenName |
Akshay
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linked to:
Akshay Venkatesh
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| memberOf |
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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National Academy of Sciences of the United States ⓘ
linked to:
National Academy of Sciences
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| name | Akshay Venkatesh ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
completed undergraduate degree at age 16
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one of the youngest students to attend the University of Western Australia ⓘ received Fields Medal in 2018 ⓘ |
| notableWork |
applications of homogeneous dynamics to number theory
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contributions to the Langlands program ⓘ contributions to the theory of automorphic forms ⓘ work on arithmetic topology ⓘ work on periods of automorphic forms ⓘ work on the equidistribution of arithmetic objects ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
New Delhi
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linked to:
New Delhi, India
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| positionHeld |
Professor at Institute for Advanced Study
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Professor of Mathematics at Stanford University ⓘ |
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linked to: Akshay Venkatesh