The Man Who Knew Infinity
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The Man Who Knew Infinity is a biographical drama film about Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan and his collaboration with British professor G.H. Hardy at Cambridge University.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: The Man Who Knew Infinity Context triple: [Dev Patel, notableWork, The Man Who Knew Infinity]
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Prince of Mathematicians
Prince of Mathematicians is the honorific title given to Carl Friedrich Gauss, reflecting his status as one of the greatest and most influential mathematicians in history.
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The Man Who Knew
The Man Who Knew is a mystery novel by British writer Edgar Wallace, featuring crime, suspense, and intricate plotting typical of his early 20th-century thrillers.
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A Beautiful Mind (biography)
A Beautiful Mind is a biographical book by Sylvia Nasar that chronicles the life, mathematical genius, and struggles with schizophrenia of Nobel Prize–winning economist John Nash.
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A Gifted Man
A Gifted Man is an American medical drama television series that follows a brilliant but self-absorbed surgeon whose life changes when he begins receiving visits from the spirit of his deceased ex-wife.
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A Mathematician's Apology
A Mathematician's Apology is G. H. Hardy’s classic reflective essay that defends the aesthetic value of pure mathematics and offers a candid, personal account of the mathematician’s life and creative process.
- 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: The Man Who Knew Infinity Target entity description: The Man Who Knew Infinity is a biographical drama film about Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan and his collaboration with British professor G.H. Hardy at Cambridge University.
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A.
Prince of Mathematicians
Prince of Mathematicians is the honorific title given to Carl Friedrich Gauss, reflecting his status as one of the greatest and most influential mathematicians in history.
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B.
The Man Who Knew
The Man Who Knew is a mystery novel by British writer Edgar Wallace, featuring crime, suspense, and intricate plotting typical of his early 20th-century thrillers.
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C.
A Beautiful Mind (biography)
A Beautiful Mind is a biographical book by Sylvia Nasar that chronicles the life, mathematical genius, and struggles with schizophrenia of Nobel Prize–winning economist John Nash.
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D.
A Gifted Man
A Gifted Man is an American medical drama television series that follows a brilliant but self-absorbed surgeon whose life changes when he begins receiving visits from the spirit of his deceased ex-wife.
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E.
A Mathematician's Apology
A Mathematician's Apology is G. H. Hardy’s classic reflective essay that defends the aesthetic value of pure mathematics and offers a candid, personal account of the mathematician’s life and creative process.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Subject: The Man Who Knew Infinity Description of subject: The Man Who Knew Infinity is a biographical drama film about Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan and his collaboration with British professor G.H. Hardy at Cambridge University.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
film "The Man Who Knew Infinity"
this entity surface form:
biography "The Man Who Knew Infinity" by Robert Kanigel
this entity surface form:
The Man Who Knew Infinity: A Life of the Genius Ramanujan