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Salomon Bochner

American mathematician, known for work in mathematical analysis, probability theory and differential geometry1899 to 1982

Wikidata names Erhard Schmidt as doctoral advisor and lists 38 doctoral students. Linked to Wikidata, OpenAlex, and 6 other registers.

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Salomon Bochner, pictured

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Advisors on Wikidata1

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records.

Students on Wikidata38

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records.

Taught2

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

    K. S. Chandrasekharan

    born 1920
  • a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision

    Robert Langlands

    born 1936

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 1331 people: 1,331 stated by Wikidata.

Theses

Education and career5

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