Hans Heilbronn
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Hans Heilbronn was a 20th-century German-British mathematician known for his influential work in number theory and contributions to the study of L-functions and related phenomena.
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| Hans Heilbronn canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hans Heilbronn Context triple: [Deuring–Heilbronn phenomenon, namedAfter, Hans Heilbronn]
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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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Kurt Mahler
Kurt Mahler was a German-born British mathematician renowned for his contributions to number theory and transcendental number theory, including Mahler's classification and Mahler measure.
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J. W. S. Cassels
J. W. S. Cassels was a prominent British mathematician known for his influential work in number theory and Diophantine approximation.
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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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Hans Zassenhaus
Hans Zassenhaus was a German mathematician known for his contributions to group theory, algebra, and computational algebra, including the development of the Zassenhaus algorithm and Zassenhaus lemma.
- 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: Hans Heilbronn Target entity description: Hans Heilbronn was a 20th-century German-British mathematician known for his influential work in number theory and contributions to the study of L-functions and related phenomena.
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A.
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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B.
Kurt Mahler
Kurt Mahler was a German-born British mathematician renowned for his contributions to number theory and transcendental number theory, including Mahler's classification and Mahler measure.
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C.
J. W. S. Cassels
J. W. S. Cassels was a prominent British mathematician known for his influential work in number theory and Diophantine approximation.
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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.
Hans Zassenhaus
Hans Zassenhaus was a German mathematician known for his contributions to group theory, algebra, and computational algebra, including the development of the Zassenhaus algorithm and Zassenhaus lemma.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
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mathematician ⓘ |
| areaOfInfluence |
L-functions and related phenomena
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class numbers of quadratic fields ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
NERFINISHED
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LMS Berwick Prize NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfMigration | Nazi persecution in Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 20th century ⓘ |
| citizenship |
Germany
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United Kingdom ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | German Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1908-10-08 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1975-04-28 ⓘ |
| doctoralAdvisor | Edmund Landau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Humboldt University of Berlin
ⓘ
surface form:
University of Berlin
University of Göttingen ⓘ |
| employer |
University of Bristol
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
University of Manchester NERFINISHED ⓘ University of Toronto NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Jewish ⓘ |
| familyName | Heilbronn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
mathematics
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number theory ⓘ |
| givenName | Hans ⓘ |
| influenced | development of modern analytic number theory ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Heilbronn’s theorem on the class number of imaginary quadratic fields
NERFINISHED
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contributions to additive number theory ⓘ results on the distribution of zeros of L-functions ⓘ work on L-functions ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
English
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German ⓘ |
| memberOf |
London Mathematical Society
NERFINISHED
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Royal Society of Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| migratedTo |
Canada
NERFINISHED
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United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Hans Heilbronn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableStudent |
Harold Davenport
NERFINISHED
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Kurt Mahler NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
papers on the class number problem
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work on the zeros of Dirichlet L-functions ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Berlin ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Bristol NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | professor of mathematics ⓘ |
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