Academic Ancestry

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Eugene Dynkin

Also known as Eugene B. Dynkin (OpenAlex)

Russian mathematician1924 to 2014

Wikidata names Andrey Kolmogorov as doctoral advisor, lists 32 doctoral students, names Andrey Kolmogorov and Israel Gelfand as teachers, and lists 1 person they taught. Linked to Wikidata, OpenAlex, and 7 other registers.

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Eugene Dynkin, pictured

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

How to read the marksstated by Wikidata or indexed by OpenAlex

Advisors on Wikidata1

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records.

Students on Wikidata32

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records.

Teachers and mentors2

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

    Andrey Kolmogorov

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

    Israel Gelfand

Taught1

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

    Vladimir Uspensky

    born 1930

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 545 people: 545 stated by Wikidata.

Education and career5

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