Imre Bárány
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Imre Bárány is a Hungarian mathematician renowned for his contributions to combinatorial geometry, convexity, and probability theory.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Imre Bárány canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11440045 — 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: Imre Bárány Context triple: [C. A. Rogers, doctoralStudent, Imre Bárány]
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A.
János Szentágothai
János Szentágothai was a prominent Hungarian neuroscientist and anatomist renowned for his pioneering research on the structure and function of the brain.
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B.
Pál Losonczi
Pál Losonczi was a Hungarian communist politician who served as Chairman of the Presidential Council of the Hungarian People's Republic from 1967 to 1987, effectively acting as the country's head of state.
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C.
Béla Szőkefalvi-Nagy
Béla Szőkefalvi-Nagy was a Hungarian mathematician renowned for his contributions to functional analysis and operator theory.
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D.
Pál Kalmár
Pál Kalmár was a Hungarian singer best known for his early and influential recording of the melancholic song "Gloomy Sunday."
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E.
László Endre
László Endre was a Hungarian politician and senior interior ministry official who played a leading role in organizing and overseeing the deportation of Hungarian Jews during the Holocaust.
- 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: Imre Bárány Target entity description: Imre Bárány is a Hungarian mathematician renowned for his contributions to combinatorial geometry, convexity, and probability theory.
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A.
János Szentágothai
János Szentágothai was a prominent Hungarian neuroscientist and anatomist renowned for his pioneering research on the structure and function of the brain.
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B.
Pál Losonczi
Pál Losonczi was a Hungarian communist politician who served as Chairman of the Presidential Council of the Hungarian People's Republic from 1967 to 1987, effectively acting as the country's head of state.
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C.
Béla Szőkefalvi-Nagy
Béla Szőkefalvi-Nagy was a Hungarian mathematician renowned for his contributions to functional analysis and operator theory.
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D.
Pál Kalmár
Pál Kalmár was a Hungarian singer best known for his early and influential recording of the melancholic song "Gloomy Sunday."
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E.
László Endre
László Endre was a Hungarian politician and senior interior ministry official who played a leading role in organizing and overseeing the deportation of Hungarian Jews during the Holocaust.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hungarian mathematician
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human ⓘ mathematician ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Fulkerson Prize
NERFINISHED
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Lanchester Prize NERFINISHED ⓘ Széchenyi Prize NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Hungary ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Eötvös Loránd University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer |
Alfréd Rényi Institute of Mathematics
NERFINISHED
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University College London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
combinatorial geometry
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combinatorics ⓘ convex geometry ⓘ discrete geometry ⓘ mathematics ⓘ probability theory ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasFamilyName | Bárány NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGivenName | Imre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| memberOf | Hungarian Academy of Sciences NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | Hungarian ⓘ |
| notableFor |
results in combinatorial geometry
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results in convexity ⓘ results in probabilistic methods in geometry ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Bárány’s theorem on the Carathéodory number of convex sets
NERFINISHED
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results on colorful Carathéodory theorem ⓘ results on selection theorems in convex geometry ⓘ work on random polytopes ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
professor at University College London
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researcher at Alfréd Rényi Institute of Mathematics ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Imre Bárány Description of subject: Imre Bárány is a Hungarian mathematician renowned for his contributions to combinatorial geometry, convexity, and probability theory.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.