Louis Mordell
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Louis Mordell was a prominent British mathematician known for his influential work in number theory, particularly the Mordell conjecture and the Mordell–Weil theorem.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Louis Mordell canonical | 7 |
| Louis Joel Mordell | 1 |
| Mordell | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1428717 — 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.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Louis Mordell Context triple: [Harold Davenport, doctoralAdvisor, Louis Mordell]
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Maxime Bôcher
Maxime Bôcher was an American mathematician known for his work in differential equations and analysis, and for his influential role in early 20th-century American mathematics.
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B.
Max Dehn
Max Dehn was a German mathematician known for his foundational work in topology and group theory, including the introduction of Dehn surgery and the study of decision problems in group theory.
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C.
John Charles Fields
John Charles Fields was a Canadian mathematician best known for founding and endowing the Fields Medal, one of the most prestigious awards in mathematics.
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D.
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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E.
Andreas Speiser
Andreas Speiser was a Swiss mathematician known for his work in group theory, algebra, and the history and philosophy of mathematics.
- 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: Louis Mordell Target entity description: Louis Mordell was a prominent British mathematician known for his influential work in number theory, particularly the Mordell conjecture and the Mordell–Weil theorem.
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A.
Maxime Bôcher
Maxime Bôcher was an American mathematician known for his work in differential equations and analysis, and for his influential role in early 20th-century American mathematics.
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B.
Max Dehn
Max Dehn was a German mathematician known for his foundational work in topology and group theory, including the introduction of Dehn surgery and the study of decision problems in group theory.
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C.
John Charles Fields
John Charles Fields was a Canadian mathematician best known for founding and endowing the Fields Medal, one of the most prestigious awards in mathematics.
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D.
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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E.
Andreas Speiser
Andreas Speiser was a Swiss mathematician known for his work in group theory, algebra, and the history and philosophy of mathematics.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
elliptic curve
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human ⓘ mathematical conjecture ⓘ mathematical theorem ⓘ mathematician ⓘ number theorist ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
De Morgan Medal
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Sylvester Medal ⓘ |
| birthCountry | United States of America ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1888-01-28 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Philadelphia ⓘ |
| citizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1972-03-12 ⓘ |
| doctoralStudent |
Chandrasekharan Narasimhan
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Harold Davenport ⓘ Kurt Mahler ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
St John's College, Cambridge
NERFINISHED
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Cambridge University ⓘ
surface form:
University of Cambridge
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| employer |
Cambridge University
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surface form:
University of Cambridge
University of Manchester ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Jews
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surface form:
Jewish people
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| familyName |
Louis Mordell
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Mordell
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| fieldOfWork |
mathematics
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number theory ⓘ number theory ⓘ number theory ⓘ |
| givenName | Louis ⓘ |
| influenced | modern arithmetic geometry ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
G. H. Hardy
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John Edensor Littlewood ⓘ
surface form:
J. E. Littlewood
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| knownFor |
Faltings' theorem
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surface form:
Mordell conjecture
Mordell curve ⓘ Mordell–Weil theorem ⓘ work on Diophantine equations ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | Royal Society ⓘ |
| name |
Louis Mordell
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Louis Joel Mordell
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| namedAfter |
Louis Mordell
self-linksurface differs
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Louis Mordell self-linksurface differs ⓘ Louis Mordell self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Diophantine equations
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surface form:
Diophantine Equations
Three Lectures on Fermat's Last Theorem ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Professor of Pure Mathematics at the University of Manchester
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Sadleirian Professor of Pure Mathematics ⓘ
surface form:
Sadleirian Professor of Pure Mathematics at the University of Cambridge
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| residence |
CAMBRIDGE
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surface form:
Cambridge
Manchester ⓘ |
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Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Louis Joel Mordell
this entity surface form:
Mordell
subject surface form:
Mordell conjecture
subject surface form:
Mordell–Weil theorem
subject surface form:
Mordell curve