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David B. A. Epstein

Also known as D. B. A. Epstein (OpenAlex)

English mathematicianborn 1937

Wikidata names Christopher Zeeman as doctoral advisor, lists 23 doctoral students, and lists 1 person they taught. Linked to Wikidata, ORCID, and 8 other registers.

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David B. A. Epstein, pictured

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Advisors on Wikidata1

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records.

Students on Wikidata23

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records.

Taught1

Wikidata's "student of" and "student" statements: a line of training beside the lineage, never a thesis supervision and never counted with one.

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 135 people: 135 stated by Wikidata.

Education and career3

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

Coauthors in OpenAlex125

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

  • indexed by OpenAlex

    Nasir Rajpoot

    18 shared works
  • indexed by OpenAlex

    Michael Khan

    15 shared works
  • indexed by OpenAlex

    Stella Pelengaris

    11 shared works
  • indexed by OpenAlex

    Albert Marden

    9 shared works
  • indexed by OpenAlex

    Sylvie Abouna

    9 shared works
  • indexed by OpenAlex

    Tim W. Nattkemper

    7 shared works
  • indexed by OpenAlex

    Shan E Ahmed Raza

    6 shared works
  • indexed by OpenAlex

    Vladimir M. Markovič

    6 shared works
  • indexed by OpenAlex

    Richard D. Canary

    6 shared works
  • indexed by OpenAlex

    Derek F. Holt

    5 shared works

OpenAlex lists 115 more people who share a work with them.