Sentence 1: Germar Rudolf , also known as Germar Scheerer , was born on 29 October 1964 , is a German chemist and convicted Holocaust denier .
Sentence 2: Germar Rudolf , also known as Germar Scheerer , born 29 October 1964 , is a German chemist and a convicted Holocaust denier .

Do these two sentences convey the same information?

Available choices:
(a). no.
(b). yes.
(b).