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Edward Frenkel

Mathematician working in representation theory, algebraic geometry, and mathematical physicsborn 1968

Wikidata names Joseph Bernstein as doctoral advisor, lists 4 doctoral students, names Boris Feigin, Joseph Bernstein, and Yakov Hurgin as teachers, and lists 1 person they taught. Linked to Wikidata, ORCID, and 7 other registers.

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Edward Frenkel, 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 Wikidata4

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records.

Teachers and mentors3

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

    Boris Feigin

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

    Joseph Bernstein

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

    Yakov Hurgin

Taught1

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

    Xinwen Zhu

    born 1982

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 11 people: 11 stated by Wikidata.

Education and career4

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