Academic Ancestry

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Alexei Abrikosov

Soviet, Russian and American theoretical physicist1928 to 2017

Wikidata names Lev Landau as doctoral advisor, lists 1 doctoral student, names Lev Landau as teacher, and lists 1 person they taught. Linked to Wikidata, Mathematics Genealogy Project, and 6 other registers.

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Alexei Abrikosov, 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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Advisors on Wikidata1

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records.

Students on Wikidata1

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records.

Teachers and mentors1

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

    Lev Landau

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

    Dmitry Livanov

    born 1967

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 2 people: 2 stated by Wikidata.

Education and career13

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