Johannes G. van der Corput
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Johannes G. van der Corput was a Dutch mathematician renowned for his foundational contributions to analytic number theory and uniform distribution.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Johannes G. van der Corput canonical | 2 |
| van den Corput | 1 |
| van der Corput | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Johannes G. van der Corput Context triple: [Tjalling C. Koopmans, doctoralAdvisor, Johannes G. van der Corput]
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N. G. de Bruijn
N. G. de Bruijn was a Dutch mathematician renowned for his influential work in number theory, combinatorics, and logic, including the introduction of de Bruijn sequences and de Bruijn graphs.
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Luitzen Egbertus Jan Brouwer
Luitzen Egbertus Jan Brouwer was a Dutch mathematician and philosopher best known as the founder of intuitionism, a major school in the philosophy of mathematics that challenged classical logic and set theory.
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Harold Davenport
Harold Davenport was a prominent 20th-century British mathematician renowned for his contributions to number theory and his influential role as a doctoral advisor to many leading mathematicians.
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Klaus Roth
Klaus Roth was a German-born British mathematician renowned for his groundbreaking work in number theory, particularly his proof of Roth's theorem on Diophantine approximation, for which he received the Fields Medal in 1958.
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E.
Helmut Hasse
Helmut Hasse was a German mathematician renowned for his contributions to algebraic number theory and local class field theory, including the Hasse principle and Hasse–Minkowski theorem.
- 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: Johannes G. van der Corput Target entity description: Johannes G. van der Corput was a Dutch mathematician renowned for his foundational contributions to analytic number theory and uniform distribution.
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A.
N. G. de Bruijn
N. G. de Bruijn was a Dutch mathematician renowned for his influential work in number theory, combinatorics, and logic, including the introduction of de Bruijn sequences and de Bruijn graphs.
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B.
Luitzen Egbertus Jan Brouwer
Luitzen Egbertus Jan Brouwer was a Dutch mathematician and philosopher best known as the founder of intuitionism, a major school in the philosophy of mathematics that challenged classical logic and set theory.
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C.
Harold Davenport
Harold Davenport was a prominent 20th-century British mathematician renowned for his contributions to number theory and his influential role as a doctoral advisor to many leading mathematicians.
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D.
Klaus Roth
Klaus Roth was a German-born British mathematician renowned for his groundbreaking work in number theory, particularly his proof of Roth's theorem on Diophantine approximation, for which he received the Fields Medal in 1958.
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E.
Helmut Hasse
Helmut Hasse was a German mathematician renowned for his contributions to algebraic number theory and local class field theory, including the Hasse principle and Hasse–Minkowski theorem.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Dutch mathematician
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human ⓘ mathematician ⓘ |
| areaOfInfluence |
20th-century mathematics
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European mathematical community ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of the Netherlands ⓘ |
| employer |
University of Leiden
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surface form:
Leiden University
Rice University ⓘ University of Amsterdam ⓘ University of California, Los Angeles ⓘ University of Groningen ⓘ |
| familyName |
Johannes G. van der Corput
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
van der Corput
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| fieldOfWork |
analytic number theory
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harmonic analysis ⓘ mathematics ⓘ number theory ⓘ uniform distribution theory ⓘ |
| givenName | Johannes ⓘ |
| hasAcademicDiscipline | pure mathematics ⓘ |
| hasNotableStudent | many later researchers in analytic number theory ⓘ |
| influenced |
development of analytic number theory in the 20th century
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theory of uniform distribution sequences ⓘ |
| knownFor |
contributions to analytic number theory
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contributions to the theory of uniform distribution ⓘ results on exponential sums ⓘ van der Corput inequality ⓘ van der Corput lemma ⓘ van der Corput method ⓘ work on uniform distribution modulo 1 ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
Dutch
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English ⓘ German ⓘ |
| memberOf | Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences ⓘ |
| name | Johannes G. van der Corput self-link ⓘ |
| nationality | Dutch ⓘ |
| notableConcept |
van der Corput lemma
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surface form:
van der Corput lemma in harmonic analysis
van der Corput method for estimating exponential sums ⓘ |
| notableWork |
papers on uniform distribution modulo 1
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work on exponential sums in number theory ⓘ |
| occupation |
mathematician
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university teacher ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workFocusedOn |
applications of analytic methods in number theory
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distribution of sequences modulo 1 ⓘ estimates for trigonometric and exponential sums ⓘ |
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Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
van den Corput
this entity surface form:
van der Corput