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Richard A. Tapia

American mathematician1939 to 2026

Wikidata names Charles Brown Tompkins and Magnus Hestenes as doctoral advisors and lists 35 doctoral students. Linked to Wikidata, OpenAlex, and 7 other registers.

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Richard A. Tapia, pictured

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Advisors on Wikidata2

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Students on Wikidata35

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records.

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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 108 people: 108 stated by Wikidata.

Education and career2

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