Galois
E262457
French-language surname
cohomology theory
field extension
field theory
human
mathematical concept
mathematician
order-theoretic concept
surname
Galois is a French surname most famously associated with Évariste Galois, the pioneering 19th-century mathematician who founded group theory and laid the groundwork for modern abstract algebra.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Galois canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2408526 — 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: Galois Context triple: [Évariste Galois, familyName, Galois]
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A.
Groth
Groth is a German surname borne by various notable individuals, including actors, athletes, and academics.
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B.
Germain
Germain is a given name associated here with the French artist Edgar Degas, whose full name was Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas.
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C.
Lasserre
Lasserre is a small rural commune in southwestern France known for being the later-life home of the influential mathematician Alexander Grothendieck.
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D.
Galo
The Galo are an indigenous tribal community of Arunachal Pradesh in Northeast India, known for their distinct language, traditional festivals, and agrarian lifestyle.
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E.
Arquus
Arquus is a French defense company specializing in the design and production of military vehicles and armored systems.
- 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: Galois Target entity description: Galois is a French surname most famously associated with Évariste Galois, the pioneering 19th-century mathematician who founded group theory and laid the groundwork for modern abstract algebra.
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A.
Groth
Groth is a German surname borne by various notable individuals, including actors, athletes, and academics.
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B.
Germain
Germain is a given name associated here with the French artist Edgar Degas, whose full name was Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas.
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C.
Lasserre
Lasserre is a small rural commune in southwestern France known for being the later-life home of the influential mathematician Alexander Grothendieck.
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D.
Galo
The Galo are an indigenous tribal community of Arunachal Pradesh in Northeast India, known for their distinct language, traditional festivals, and agrarian lifestyle.
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E.
Arquus
Arquus is a French defense company specializing in the design and production of military vehicles and armored systems.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French-language surname
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cohomology theory ⓘ field extension ⓘ field theory ⓘ human ⓘ mathematical concept ⓘ mathematician ⓘ order-theoretic concept ⓘ surname ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | gunshot wound ⓘ |
| conceptNamedAfter |
Galois cohomology
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Galois connection ⓘ Galois correspondence ⓘ Galois extension ⓘ Galois group ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | France ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1811-10-25 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1832-05-31 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Lycée Louis-le-Grand ⓘ |
| familyName | Galois self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
algebra
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mathematics ⓘ number theory ⓘ |
| givenName |
Évariste Galois
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surface form:
Évariste
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| hasNotableAssociation |
Galois theory
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abstract algebra ⓘ group theory ⓘ |
| influenced |
Galois representations
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field theory ⓘ modern algebra ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Galois theory
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foundations of modern abstract algebra ⓘ founding group theory ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | French ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | duel ⓘ |
| memberOf |
École Normale (Paris)
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surface form:
École préparatoire (École normale)
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| namedAfter |
Évariste Galois
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Évariste Galois ⓘ Évariste Galois ⓘ Évariste Galois ⓘ Évariste Galois ⓘ |
| notableBearer | Évariste Galois ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Abel–Ruffini theorem
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surface form:
Mémoire sur les conditions de résolubilité des équations par radicaux
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| placeOfBirth | Bourg-la-Reine ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Paris ⓘ |
| subfieldOf |
algebraic number theory
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group theory ⓘ |
| workPeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Galois Description of subject: Galois is a French surname most famously associated with Évariste Galois, the pioneering 19th-century mathematician who founded group theory and laid the groundwork for modern abstract algebra.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Évariste Galois