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Jacob T. Schwartz

American mathematician and computer scientist1930 to 2009

Wikidata names Nelson Dunford as doctoral advisor, lists 36 doctoral students, and lists 1 person they taught. Linked to Wikidata, OpenAlex, and 9 other registers.

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Jacob T. Schwartz, 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 Wikidata36

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records.

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

    Shmuel Winograd

    born 1936

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 649 people: 649 stated by Wikidata.

Education and career6

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