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Ingram Olkin

American mathematician1924 to 2016

Wikidata names Samarendra Nath Roy as doctoral advisor and lists 24 doctoral students. Linked to Wikidata, OpenAlex, and 7 other registers.

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Ingram Olkin, pictured

Two steps up and one down. 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 Wikidata24

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records.

The line above and below3 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 220 people: 220 stated by Wikidata.

Education and career2

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