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Petr Vopěnka

Czech philosopher, mathematician, and politician1935 to 2015

Wikidata names Eduard Čech and Ladislav Rieger as doctoral advisors, lists 13 doctoral students, and lists 4 people they taught. Linked to Wikidata, Mathematics Genealogy Project, and 5 other registers.

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Petr Vopěnka, 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 Wikidata13

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records.

Taught4

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 Bukovský

    born 1939
  • a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision

    Bohuslav Balcar

    born 1943
  • a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision

    Karel Hrbáček

    born 1944
  • a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision

    Alena Vencovská

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 53 people: 53 stated by Wikidata.

Education and career2

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