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Haïm Brezis

French mathematician who works in functional analysis and partial differential equation1944 to 2024

Wikidata names Gustave Choquet and Jacques-Louis Lions as doctoral advisors, lists 59 doctoral students, names Ennio De Giorgi, Felix Browder, Guido Stampacchia, and Louis Nirenberg as teachers, and lists 2 people they taught. Linked to Wikidata, OpenAlex, and 7 other registers.

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Haïm Brezis, pictured

Two steps up and one down. Dashed lines come from thesis records, solid lines from Wikidata. The full sheet opens at four up and two down.

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Advisors on Wikidata2

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records.

Students on Wikidata59

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records.

Teachers and mentors4

Wikidata's "student of" and "student" statements: a line of training beside the lineage, never a thesis supervision and never counted with one.

  • a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision

    Ennio De Giorgi

  • a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision

    Felix Browder

  • a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision

    Guido Stampacchia

  • a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision

    Louis Nirenberg

Taught2

Wikidata's "student of" and "student" statements: a line of training beside the lineage, never a thesis supervision and never counted with one.

  • a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision

    Alain Haraux

    born 1949
  • a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision

    Alain Damlamian

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 662 people: 662 stated by Wikidata.

Education and career4

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