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John von Neumann

Hungarian and American mathematician and physicist1903 to 1957

Wikidata names Lipót Fejér as doctoral advisor and lists 5 doctoral students. Linked to Wikidata, OpenAlex, and 10 other registers.

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Advisors on Wikidata1

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records.

Students on Wikidata5

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

    Gábor Szegő

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

    László Rátz

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 118 people: 118 stated by Wikidata.

Theses

Education and career14

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