Felix Pollaczek
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Felix Pollaczek was a mathematician best known for his contributions to probability theory and queueing theory, including the Pollaczek–Khinchine formula.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Felix Pollaczek canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9197555 — 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: Felix Pollaczek Context triple: [Hilda Geiringer, spouse, Felix Pollaczek]
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A.
Ernö Rapée
Ernö Rapée was a prominent early 20th-century conductor and film composer best known for his work in silent and early sound cinema.
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B.
Ernst Ziehm
Ernst Ziehm was a German conservative politician who served as a leading statesman in the Free City of Danzig during the interwar period.
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C.
Alfred Meyer
Alfred Meyer was the husband of American author and Barnard College co-founder Annie Nathan Meyer.
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D.
Alfred Meyer
Alfred Meyer was a high-ranking Nazi official who served as a key administrator in the German occupation of Eastern Europe during World War II.
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E.
André Bloch
André Bloch was a French composer and music educator known for his operas, chamber works, and long tenure as a professor at the Paris Conservatoire.
- 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: Felix Pollaczek Target entity description: Felix Pollaczek was a mathematician best known for his contributions to probability theory and queueing theory, including the Pollaczek–Khinchine formula.
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A.
Ernö Rapée
Ernö Rapée was a prominent early 20th-century conductor and film composer best known for his work in silent and early sound cinema.
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B.
Ernst Ziehm
Ernst Ziehm was a German conservative politician who served as a leading statesman in the Free City of Danzig during the interwar period.
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C.
Alfred Meyer
Alfred Meyer was the husband of American author and Barnard College co-founder Annie Nathan Meyer.
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D.
Alfred Meyer
Alfred Meyer was a high-ranking Nazi official who served as a key administrator in the German occupation of Eastern Europe during World War II.
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E.
André Bloch
André Bloch was a French composer and music educator known for his operas, chamber works, and long tenure as a professor at the Paris Conservatoire.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
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mathematician ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Austria-Hungary NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
France
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Germany ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | France ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1892-12-01 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1981-04-29 ⓘ |
| doctoralAdvisor | Issai Schur NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Technical University of Vienna
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Humboldt University of Berlin ⓘ
surface form:
University of Berlin
University of Göttingen ⓘ |
| employedBy |
French National Centre for Scientific Research
NERFINISHED
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Reichspost NERFINISHED ⓘ Électricité de France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Jews
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surface form:
Jewish people
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| fieldOfWork |
mathematics
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probability theory ⓘ queueing theory ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasAcademicDiscipline |
applied mathematics
ⓘ
orthogonal polynomials ⓘ stochastic processes ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Pollaczek polynomials
NERFINISHED
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Pollaczek–Khinchine formula NERFINISHED ⓘ contributions to probability theory ⓘ contributions to queueing theory ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
French
ⓘ
German ⓘ |
| livedIn |
Austria-Hungary
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
France NERFINISHED ⓘ Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement | 20th-century mathematics ⓘ |
| name | Felix Pollaczek NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableConcept |
Pollaczek polynomials
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pollaczek–Khinchine formula NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableStudent | Lajos Takács NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Pollaczek polynomials
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pollaczek–Khinchine formula NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Vienna ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Boulogne-Billancourt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Berlin
NERFINISHED
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France ⓘ Paris ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Felix Pollaczek Description of subject: Felix Pollaczek was a mathematician best known for his contributions to probability theory and queueing theory, including the Pollaczek–Khinchine formula.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.