Mathematical Lineage


The following information is based on the Mathematical Genealogy Project.   Some of the photos were easier to come by than others.  I would like to thank all the sources, anonymous or not.


Doron Levy

Doron Levy

Ph.D.: Tel-Aviv University, 1997

Advisor: Eitan Tadmor

Eitan Tadmor

Eitan Tadmor

Ph.D.: Tel-Aviv University, 1979

Advisor: Saul Abarbanel

Saul Abarbanel

Saul Abarbanel

Ph.D.: MIT, 1959

Advisor: Leon Trilling

Leon Trilling

Leon Trilling

Ph.D.: CalTech 1948

Advisor: Paco Lagerstrom

Paco Lagerstrom

Paco Lagerstrom

1914-1989

Ph.D.: Princeton, 1942

Advisor: Salomon Bochner

Salomon Bochner

Salomon Bochner

1899-1982

Ph.D.: Gottinen, 1921

Advisor: Erhard Schmidt

Erhard Schmidt

Erhard Schmidt

1876-1959

Ph.D.: Konigsberg, 1905

Advisor: David Hilbert

David Hilbert

David Hilbert

1862-1943

Ph.D.: Konigsberg, 1885

Advisor: Carl Louis Ferdinand von Lindemann

Carl Louis Ferdinand von Lindemann

Carl Louis Ferdinand von Lindemann

1852-1939

Ph.D.: Erlangen-Numberg, 1873

Advisor: C. Felix Klein

Felix Christian Klein

Felix Christian Klein

1849-1925

Ph.D.: Bonn, 1868

Advisors: Julius Plucker and Rudolf Lipschitz

Rudolf Lipschitz

Rudolf Lipschitz

1832-1903

Ph.D.: Berlin, 1853

Advisors: Gustav Dirichlet and Martin Ohm

Johann Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet

Johann Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet

We continue with Gustav Dirichlet only

1805-1859

Ph.D.: Bohn, 1827

Advisors: Simeon Poisson and Jean-Baptiste Fourier, both students of Joseph Lagrange

Simeon Denis Poisson

Simeon Denis Poisson

1781-1840

Advisor: Joseph Lagrange

Jean-Baptiste Fourier

Jean-Baptiste Fourier

1768-1830

Advisor: Joseph Lagrange

There are nearly 100 Parisian streets, squares, boulevards, etc. named after mathematicians, but there is no street that is named after Fourier.   Check the following link.

Joseph Louis Lagrange

Joseph Louis Lagrange

1376-1813

Advisor: Leonhard Euler

Leonhard Euler

Leonhard Euler

1707-1783

Ph.D.: Basel, 1726

Advisor: Johann Bernoulli

Johann Bernoulli

Johann Bernoulli

1667-1748

Ph.D.: 1694

Advisor: Jacob Bernoulli

Jacob Bernoulli

Jacob Bernoulli

1654-1705

Advisor: Gottfried Leibniz

Gottfried Leibniz

Gottfried Leibniz

1646-1716

Ph.D.: Altdorf, 1666

Advisor: Erhard Weigel

Erhard Weigel

Erhard Weigel

1625-1699

Ph.D.: Leipzig, 1650

Julius Plucker

Julius Plucker

Back to the second Advisor of Felix Klein

1801-1868

Ph.D.: Marburg, 1823

Advisor: Christian Gerling

Christian Ludwig Gerling

Christian Ludwig Gerling

1788-1846

Ph.D.: Gottingen, 1812

Advisor: Carl Gauss

Carl Friedrich Gauss

Carl Friedrich Gauss

1777-1855

Ph.D.: Helmstedt, 1799

Advisor: Johann Pfaff

Johann Friedrich Pfaff

Johann Friedrich Pfaff

1765-1825

Ph.D.: Gottingen, 1786

Advisor: Abraham Kaestner

Abraham Gotthelf Kaestner

Abraham Gotthelf Kaestner

1719-1800

Ph.D.: Leipzig, 1739

Advisor: Christian Hausen

Christian August Hausen

Christian August Hausen

1693-1743

Ph.D.: Halle-Wittenberg, 1713

Advisor: Johann Wichmannshausen

Johann Christoph Wichmannshausen

Johann Christoph Wichmannshausen

1663-1727

Ph.D.: Leipzig, 1685

Advisor: Otto Mencke (also his father in law)

Dissertation: Disputationem Moralem De Divortils Secundum Jus Naturae (Moral Disputation on Divorce according to the Law of Nature)

Otto Mencke

Otto Mencke

1644-1707

Ph.D.: Leipzig, 1665

Dissertation: Ex Theologia Naturali - De Absoluta Dei Simplicitate, 

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