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Derek Thompson

Former Ph.D. candidate

Wikidata names Carl Claudius Cowen as doctoral advisor. Linked to Wikidata and Mathematics Genealogy Project.

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Advisors on Wikidata1

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stated by Wikidata
Carl Claudius Cowen

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.

1 step up
stated by WikidataCarl Claudius Cowen
2 steps up
stated by WikidataDonald Sarason
3 steps up
stated by WikidataPaul Halmos
4 steps up
stated by WikidataJoseph Leo Doob

Theses

stated by Wikidata
Restrictions to Invariant Subspaces of Composition Operators on the Hardy Space of the Disk
doctoral thesis, stated by Wikidata

Education and career7

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

until 2006
Indiana Wesleyan University
studied
until 2008
Ball State University
studied
until 2013
Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis
studied
2013 to 2014
Trine University
worked
2014 to 2018
Taylor University
worked
2018 to 2023
Taylor University
worked
from 2023
Taylor University
worked

At a glance

known as: mathematician, university teacher

stated by WikidataStated by Wikidata, shown apart from the thesis records.

Elsewhere2

identity

stated by WikidataWikidataQ102416184

lineage

stated by WikidataMathematics Genealogy Project180112

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Read on 22 October 2026. A citation names the day the record was read, not a version.

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@misc{academicancestry_Q102416184,
  author = {{Academic Ancestry}},
  title = {{Derek Thompson: advisors and students}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://academicancestry.org/person/Q102416184},
  note = {read on 2026-10-22}
}

apa

Academic Ancestry. (2026, October 22). Derek Thompson: Advisors and students [Read on 2026-10-22]. https://academicancestry.org/person/Q102416184