Jean-Yves Girard
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Jean-Yves Girard is a French logician and mathematician renowned for founding linear logic and making influential contributions to proof theory and the foundations of mathematics.
All labels observed (1)
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| Jean-Yves Girard canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10550280 — 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: Jean-Yves Girard Context triple: [Nicolas Bourbaki, hasMember, Jean-Yves Girard]
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A.
Gilles Dowek
Gilles Dowek is a French logician and computer scientist known for his influential work in proof theory, type systems, and automated deduction.
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B.
Dana Scott
Dana Scott is an American logician and mathematician renowned for his foundational work in domain theory, model theory, and the semantics of programming languages, for which he received the Turing Award.
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C.
Gerhard Gentzen
Gerhard Gentzen was a German mathematician and logician best known for founding structural proof theory and introducing natural deduction and sequent calculus.
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D.
Thierry Coquand
Thierry Coquand is a French logician and computer scientist known for his work on type theory, constructive mathematics, and the development of the calculus of constructions.
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E.
André Joyal
André Joyal is a Canadian mathematician renowned for his influential work in category theory, including the development of Joyal's theory of species and contributions to higher-dimensional category theory and topos theory.
- 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: Jean-Yves Girard Target entity description: Jean-Yves Girard is a French logician and mathematician renowned for founding linear logic and making influential contributions to proof theory and the foundations of mathematics.
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A.
Gilles Dowek
Gilles Dowek is a French logician and computer scientist known for his influential work in proof theory, type systems, and automated deduction.
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B.
Dana Scott
Dana Scott is an American logician and mathematician renowned for his foundational work in domain theory, model theory, and the semantics of programming languages, for which he received the Turing Award.
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C.
Gerhard Gentzen
Gerhard Gentzen was a German mathematician and logician best known for founding structural proof theory and introducing natural deduction and sequent calculus.
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D.
Thierry Coquand
Thierry Coquand is a French logician and computer scientist known for his work on type theory, constructive mathematics, and the development of the calculus of constructions.
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E.
André Joyal
André Joyal is a Canadian mathematician renowned for his influential work in category theory, including the development of Joyal's theory of species and contributions to higher-dimensional category theory and topos theory.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French logician
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human ⓘ logician ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
CNRS Silver Medal
NERFINISHED
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Gödel Lecture (ASL) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1941-02-28 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
France
NERFINISHED
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Paris ⓘ |
| contributedTo |
categorical logic
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computational interpretations of logic ⓘ development of polymorphic type systems ⓘ semantics of proofs ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | France ⓘ |
| educatedAt | École Normale Supérieure NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer |
CNRS
NERFINISHED
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Université de Provence NERFINISHED ⓘ Université de la Méditerranée Aix-Marseille II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
category theory
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foundations of mathematics ⓘ lambda calculus ⓘ linear logic ⓘ mathematical logic ⓘ proof theory ⓘ type theory ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| influenced |
functional programming languages
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proof assistants and automated theorem proving ⓘ type theory in computer science ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Gerhard Gentzen
NERFINISHED
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Jean-Louis Krivine NERFINISHED ⓘ Kurt Gödel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Girard's paradox
NERFINISHED
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System F NERFINISHED ⓘ coherent Banach spaces ⓘ founding linear logic ⓘ game semantics in logic ⓘ geometry of interaction NERFINISHED ⓘ ludics ⓘ polymorphic lambda calculus ⓘ work in proof theory ⓘ work on the foundations of mathematics ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | French ⓘ |
| memberOf | CNRS NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Le Point Aveugle
NERFINISHED
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Linear Logic NERFINISHED ⓘ Locus Solum NERFINISHED ⓘ Proofs and Types NERFINISHED ⓘ System F NERFINISHED ⓘ The Blind Spot NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: Jean-Yves Girard Description of subject: Jean-Yves Girard is a French logician and mathematician renowned for founding linear logic and making influential contributions to proof theory and the foundations of mathematics.
Referenced by (3)
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