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James Waddell Alexander II

American mathematician1888 to 1971

Wikidata names Oswald Veblen as doctoral advisor and lists 2 doctoral students. Linked to Wikidata, Mathematics Genealogy Project, and 5 other registers.

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James Waddell Alexander II, pictured

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Advisors on Wikidata1

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Students on Wikidata2

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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 2 people: 2 stated by Wikidata.

Theses

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