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George Bernard Dantzig

American mathematician1914 to 2005

Wikidata names Jerzy Neyman as doctoral advisor and lists 53 doctoral students. Linked to Wikidata, OpenAlex, and 8 other registers.

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Advisors on Wikidata1

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Students on Wikidata53

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 510 people: 510 stated by Wikidata.

Theses

Education and career10

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