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Aleksandr Samarsky

Russian mathematician1919 to 2008

Wikidata names Andrey Tikhonov as doctoral advisor, lists 19 doctoral students, and names Andrey Tikhonov as teacher. Linked to Wikidata, Mathematics Genealogy Project, and 5 other registers.

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Aleksandr Samarsky, 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 Wikidata1

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records.

Students on Wikidata19

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

    Andrey Tikhonov

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 153 people: 153 stated by Wikidata.

Education and career9

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