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Nicholas Higham

Also known as Nicholas J. Higham (OpenAlex)

British mathematician specialized in numerical analysis1961 to 2024

Wikidata names George G. Hall and George Hall as doctoral advisors and lists 18 doctoral students. Linked to Wikidata, ORCID, and 9 other registers.

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Nicholas Higham, pictured

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How to read the marksstated by Wikidata or indexed by OpenAlexclaimed on an ORCID list, or inferred

Advisors on Wikidata2

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records.

Students on Wikidata18

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 20 people: 20 stated by Wikidata.

Education and career8

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

Coauthors in OpenAlex182

People who share works with them in OpenAlex, the most shared first: indexed, and never counted with the lineage.

  • indexed by OpenAlex

    Desmond John Higham

    36 shared works
  • indexed by OpenAlex

    Françoise Tisseur B

    25 shared works
  • indexed by OpenAlex

    Théo Mary

    15 shared works
  • indexed by OpenAlex

    Jack J. Dongarra

    14 shared works
  • indexed by OpenAlex

    Massimiliano Fasi

    11 shared works
  • indexed by OpenAlex

    Stanimire Z. Tomov

    10 shared works
  • indexed by OpenAlex

    Srikara Pranesh

    10 shared works
  • indexed by OpenAlex

    Samuel David Relton

    10 shared works
  • indexed by OpenAlex

    Awad H. Al-Mohy

    9 shared works
  • indexed by OpenAlex

    Mawussi Zounon

    8 shared works

OpenAlex lists 172 more people who share a work with them.