Mathematical Genealogy

Close relations of the Top 100, by proximity score

Every PhD mathematician has an advisor, and every advisor has an advisor. The Mathematics Genealogy Project catalogs this lineage. We use it to surface close relations: researchers not in the Top 100 by publication count, but who sit in its immediate orbit through advisor-student relationships.

How the proximity score works

We build one graph from the advisor and student trees of all Top 100 researchers. A close relation is an outsider directly tied (as advisor or student) to at least two Top 100 researchers. Each gets a proximity score that sums, over those direct ties, 101 minus the connected researcher's rank. Being tied to the top of the list counts for much more than being tied to the bottom. Only direct ties count; people already in the directory and deceased mathematicians are excluded.

What this crawl covered

We crawled the advisor and student trees of the 69 Top 100 researchers who have an entry in the Mathematics Genealogy Project, and every node in those trees was fetched. The remaining 31 of the 100 have no entry in that database, so their lineage cannot be traced and this page cannot speak for them.

Level L1

Name	Institution	PhD year	Direct Top 100 ties	Proximity score
Douglas Woodall	University of Nottingham	1969	2	182
T. Estermann	Universität Hamburg	1925	2	174
Steven J. Miller	Princeton University	2002	2	169
Andrew R. Booker	Princeton University	2003	2	159
Benny Löffel	ETH Zurich	2016	2	152

Level L2

Name	Institution	PhD year	Direct Top 100 ties	Proximity score
Andreas Steiger	ETH Zurich	2014	2	152
Olli Järviniemi	University of Turku	2023	2	140
Paul Cohen	The University of Chicago	1958	2	136
David Feutrie	Université de Lorraine	2019	2	126
Kevin Henriot	Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 and Université de Montréal	2014	2	105

Level L3

Name	Institution	PhD year	Direct Top 100 ties	Proximity score
Antoine Charles Marie Jacono	Université de Paris	2023	2	96
Peng Gao	University of Michigan	2005	2	95
Tim Browning	University of Oxford	2001	2	95
Damaris Schindler	University of Bristol	2013	2	33
Ken Ono	University of California, Los Angeles	1993	2	9

Notes

Douglas Woodall (University of Nottingham, 1969): A mathematician (PhD University of Nottingham, 1969) directly tied to 2 Top 100 researchers through advisor-student relationships in the genealogy network.
T. Estermann (Universität Hamburg, 1925): A mathematician (PhD Universität Hamburg, 1925) directly tied to 2 Top 100 researchers through advisor-student relationships in the genealogy network.
Steven J. Miller (Princeton University, 2002): A mathematician (PhD Princeton University, 2002) directly tied to 2 Top 100 researchers through advisor-student relationships in the genealogy network.
Andrew R. Booker (Princeton University, 2003): A mathematician (PhD Princeton University, 2003) directly tied to 2 Top 100 researchers through advisor-student relationships in the genealogy network.
Benny Löffel (ETH Zurich, 2016): A mathematician (PhD ETH Zürich, 2016) directly tied to 2 Top 100 researchers through advisor-student relationships in the genealogy network.
Andreas Steiger (ETH Zurich, 2014): A mathematician (PhD ETH Zürich, 2014) directly tied to 2 Top 100 researchers through advisor-student relationships in the genealogy network.
Olli Järviniemi (University of Turku, 2023): A mathematician (PhD Turun yliopisto, 2023) directly tied to 2 Top 100 researchers through advisor-student relationships in the genealogy network.
Paul Cohen (The University of Chicago, 1958): A mathematician (PhD The University of Chicago, 1958) directly tied to 2 Top 100 researchers through advisor-student relationships in the genealogy network.
David Feutrie (Université de Lorraine, 2019): A mathematician (PhD Université de Lorraine, 2019) directly tied to 2 Top 100 researchers through advisor-student relationships in the genealogy network.
Kevin Henriot (Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 and Université de Montréal, 2014): A mathematician (PhD Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 and Université de Montréal, 2014) directly tied to 2 Top 100 researchers through advisor-student relationships in the genealogy network.
Antoine Charles Marie Jacono (Université de Paris, 2023): A mathematician (PhD Université de Paris, 2023) directly tied to 2 Top 100 researchers through advisor-student relationships in the genealogy network.
Peng Gao (University of Michigan, 2005): A mathematician (PhD University of Michigan, 2005) directly tied to 2 Top 100 researchers through advisor-student relationships in the genealogy network.
Tim Browning (University of Oxford, 2001): A mathematician (PhD University of Oxford, 2001) directly tied to 2 Top 100 researchers through advisor-student relationships in the genealogy network.
Damaris Schindler (University of Bristol, 2013): A mathematician (PhD University of Bristol, 2013) directly tied to 2 Top 100 researchers through advisor-student relationships in the genealogy network.
Ken Ono (University of California, Los Angeles, 1993): A mathematician (PhD University of California, Los Angeles, 1993) directly tied to 2 Top 100 researchers through advisor-student relationships in the genealogy network.