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David Gale

American mathematician1921 to 2008

Wikidata names Albert W. Tucker as doctoral advisor and lists 16 doctoral students. Linked to Wikidata, Mathematics Genealogy Project, and 6 other registers.

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David Gale, pictured

Two steps up and one down. Solid lines from Wikidata. The full sheet opens at four up and two down.

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Theses

Advisors on Wikidata1

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Students on Wikidata16

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records.

The line above and below4 steps

The advisors of their advisors, four steps up at most, in the thesis records and on Wikidata, each kind marked; a person in both is listed once.

Below them, within 3 steps, the record reaches 198 people: 198 stated by Wikidata.

Education and career7

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records. Each place opens its Wikidata item.