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Oscar Zariski

American mathematician1899 to 1986

Wikidata names Guido Castelnuovo as doctoral advisor, lists 18 doctoral students, and lists 3 people they taught. Linked to Wikidata, Mathematics Genealogy Project, and 5 other registers.

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Oscar Zariski, 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 Wikidata18

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records.

Taught3

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

    Pierre Samuel

    born 1921
  • a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision

    Michael Artin

    born 1934
  • a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision

    David Mumford

    born 1937

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 911 people: 911 stated by Wikidata.

Education and career6

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