Julius Weingarten
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Julius Weingarten was a 19th-century German mathematician known for his contributions to differential geometry, particularly in the study of surfaces.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Julius Weingarten canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7290654 — 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: Julius Weingarten Context triple: [Weingarten map, introducedBy, Julius Weingarten]
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A.
Louis Wolheim
Louis Wolheim was an American character actor of the silent and early sound era, best known for his rugged features and memorable roles in films such as "All Quiet on the Western Front."
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B.
Joseph Ruttenberg
Joseph Ruttenberg was an acclaimed American cinematographer, best known for his work on numerous classic Hollywood films and for winning multiple Academy Awards for Best Cinematography.
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C.
Carl Kellner
Carl Kellner was an Austrian industrialist and esotericist best known as the principal originator of the occult initiatory organization Ordo Templi Orientis.
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D.
Leonard Weiss
Leonard Weiss is a notable individual recognized for achievements significant enough to be distinctly associated with the surname Weiss.
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E.
Erich Weinberg
Erich Weinberg is a person notable enough to be recognized as a significant bearer of the surname Weinberg.
- 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: Julius Weingarten Target entity description: Julius Weingarten was a 19th-century German mathematician known for his contributions to differential geometry, particularly in the study of surfaces.
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A.
Louis Wolheim
Louis Wolheim was an American character actor of the silent and early sound era, best known for his rugged features and memorable roles in films such as "All Quiet on the Western Front."
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B.
Joseph Ruttenberg
Joseph Ruttenberg was an acclaimed American cinematographer, best known for his work on numerous classic Hollywood films and for winning multiple Academy Awards for Best Cinematography.
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C.
Carl Kellner
Carl Kellner was an Austrian industrialist and esotericist best known as the principal originator of the occult initiatory organization Ordo Templi Orientis.
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D.
Leonard Weiss
Leonard Weiss is a notable individual recognized for achievements significant enough to be distinctly associated with the surname Weiss.
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E.
Erich Weinberg
Erich Weinberg is a person notable enough to be recognized as a significant bearer of the surname Weinberg.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
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mathematician ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline | pure mathematics ⓘ |
| contributedTo |
classical differential geometry of surfaces
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theory of curvature of surfaces ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Germany
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Prussia ⓘ
surface form:
Kingdom of Prussia
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| educatedAt | Humboldt University of Berlin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Weingarten NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
differential geometry
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geometry ⓘ mathematics ⓘ |
| givenName | Julius NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasConceptNamedAfter |
Weingarten equations
NERFINISHED
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Weingarten map NERFINISHED ⓘ Weingarten surface NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
relations between principal curvatures of surfaces
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study of surfaces in differential geometry ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | German ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | German ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Weingarten equations
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Weingarten surfaces NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation | university teacher ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| studiedUnder |
Ernst Eduard Kummer
NERFINISHED
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Karl Weierstrass NERFINISHED ⓘ Leopold Kronecker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Berlin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Halle (Saale) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Julius Weingarten Description of subject: Julius Weingarten was a 19th-century German mathematician known for his contributions to differential geometry, particularly in the study of surfaces.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.