Academic Ancestry

a person in the record

Louis Nirenberg

American mathematician of Canadian origin1925 to 2020

Wikidata names James J. Stoker as doctoral advisor, lists 46 doctoral students, names Kurt Otto Friedrichs as teacher, and lists 1 person they taught. Linked to Wikidata, OpenAlex, and 7 other registers.

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Louis Nirenberg, 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 Wikidata46

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records.

Teachers and mentors1

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

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

    Haïm Brezis

    born 1944

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 355 people: 355 stated by Wikidata.

Theses

Education and career4

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