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Diederik Aerts

Belgian theoretical physicist
Person Human Q3707123

Facts

16 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[14]
Date of birth
April 17, 1953
Place of birth
Heist-op-den-Berg
Country of citizenship
Belgium[5]
Occupation
physicist, theoretical physicist
Employer
Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Vrije Universiteit Brussel[7]
Educated at
Vrije Universiteit Brussel[8]
Doctoral advisor
Constantin Piron, Jean Reignier[9][10]
Doctoral student
Carlos Gershenson, Liane Gabora, Frank Valckenborgh, Sandro Sozzo, Tomás Veloz[15][16][17][18][19]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[22]
Family name
Aerts[20]
Given name
Diederik[21]
Maintained by WikiProject
WikiProject Mathematics[23]
Native language
English[6]
Student
Bob Coecke, Sonja Smets, Karin Verelst[11][12][13]
🏷️ Also known as
en Diederik Aerts ru Дидерик Артс
🔖 Identifiers · 36
ISNI
0000000109078523
ORCID iD
0000-0003-2266-6658
VIAF cluster ID
61759805
Library of Congress Authorities ID
no95040063
GND ID
173592538
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
PictureDiederikAerts.jpg ↗
ArXiv author ID
aerts_d_1
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
14402104j
CONOR.SI ID
213259619
DBLP author ID
a/DiederikAerts
Dimensions author ID
01237221651.38
Flanders Arts Institute person ID (former scheme)
1898617
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Freebase ID
/m/0jwr2p4
Google Scholar author ID
H91FcwYAAAAJ
IdRef ID
109965655
J9U entity ID
987007456991405171
KBR person ID
14175629
Kunstenpunt Knowledge Graph ID
Penig
Loop ID
74717
MR Author ID
23270
Mathematics Genealogy Project ID
108897
NUKAT ID
n2007117876
National Virtual Library of India ID
416218, 548799
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
113258372
Online Books Page author ID
Aerts, Diederik
OpenMLOL author ID
299895
Parsifal cluster ID
417034
SHARE Catalogue author ID
530360
Scopus author ID
7004923116
Semantic Scholar author ID
1767844
Springer Nature person ID
01237221651.38
Web of Science ResearcherID
H-5408-2011
Wellcome Collection concept ID
pb5nk4ac
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJyRtRyf7VT4jrX9KPFkDq
Yale LUX ID
person/0a3818b6-4994-4cdc-8602-30a1157e2c0e
ZbMATH author ID
aerts.diederik

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Author of 5
Generalizing Prototype Theory: A Formal Quantum Framework, Modeling Human Decision-Making: An Overview of the Brussels Quantum Approach, Quantum Structure in Cognition and the Foundations of Human Reasoning, Quantum structure of negation and conjunction in human thought, Towards a quantum World Wide Web
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Generalizing Prototype Theory: A Formal Quantum Framework, Modeling Human Decision-Making: An Overview of the Brussels Quantum Approach, Quantum Structure in Cognition and the Foundations of Human Reasoning, Quantum structure of negation and conjunction in human thought, Towards a quantum World Wide Web
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Summary

Diederik Aerts was born on April 17, 1953[1], in Heist-op-den-Berg[2]. He has worked as a physicist[3] and theoretical physicist[4].

FAQs

Where was Diederik Aerts born?

Diederik Aerts's place of birth was Heist-op-den-Berg[2].

What did Diederik Aerts do for work?

Diederik Aerts worked as a physicist[3] and theoretical physicist[4].

Where did Diederik Aerts go to school?

Diederik Aerts was educated at Vrije Universiteit Brussel[8].

Related Entities

Vrije Universiteit Brussel

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  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [7] ↑ . ORCID Registry. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  11. [15] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  12. [16] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  13. [17] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  14. [18] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  15. [19] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  16. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [11] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  20. [12] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  21. [13] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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    NUKAT ID → n2007117876
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