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Andrei Zelevinsky

Russian mathematician1953 to 2013

Wikidata names Alexandre Kirillov, Israel Gelfand, and Joseph Bernstein as doctoral advisors, lists 8 doctoral students, and names Alexandre Kirillov and Israel Gelfand as teachers. Linked to Wikidata, Mathematics Genealogy Project, and 6 other registers.

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Andrei Zelevinsky, 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 Wikidata3

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records.

Students on Wikidata8

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records.

Teachers and mentors2

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

    Alexandre Kirillov

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

    Israel Gelfand

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 9 people: 9 stated by Wikidata.

Education and career7

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