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William Kahan

Canadian mathematician and computer scientist (born 1933)born 1933

Wikidata names Byron Alexander Griffith as doctoral advisor and lists 6 doctoral students. Linked to Wikidata, Mathematics Genealogy Project, and 3 other registers.

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William Kahan, 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

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Students on Wikidata6

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records.

The line above and below2 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 45 people: 45 stated by Wikidata.

Education and career3

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