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Aleksandr Aleksandrov

Russian mathematician1912 to 1999

Wikidata names Boris Delaunay and Vladimir Fock as doctoral advisors, lists 24 doctoral students, names Vladimir Fock and Vladimir Smirnov as teachers, and lists 5 people they taught. Linked to Wikidata, Mathematics Genealogy Project, and 5 other registers.

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Aleksandr Aleksandrov, 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 Wikidata2

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records.

Students on Wikidata24

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records.

Teachers and mentors2

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

    Vladimir Fock

  • a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision

    Vladimir Smirnov

Taught5

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

    Victor Zalgaller

    born 1920
  • a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision

    Yurii Reshetnyak

    born 1929
  • a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision

    Revolt Pimenov

    born 1931
  • a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision

    Yuri Burago

    born 1936
  • a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision

    Grigori Perelman

    born 1966

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 117 people: 117 stated by Wikidata.

Education and career8

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