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Helmut Schwichtenberg

German mathematician and computer scientistborn 1942

Wikidata names Dieter Rödding as doctoral advisor, lists 14 doctoral students, and lists 2 people they taught. Linked to Wikidata, Mathematics Genealogy Project, and 6 other registers.

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Helmut Schwichtenberg, 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 Wikidata1

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records.

Students on Wikidata14

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records.

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

    Felix Joachimski

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

    Ralph Matthes

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 22 people: 22 stated by Wikidata.

Education and career1

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