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I believe the shortest PhD thesis is of Burt Totatro Totaro "Milnor K-theory is the simplest part of algebraic K-theory", 12 pages.

Milnor K-theory is the simplest part of algebraic K-theory, Ph.D. thesis, University of California, Berkeley, 1989; K-Theory 6 (1992), 177-189.

Burt Totaro's webpage at Cambridge

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I believe the shortest PhD thesis is of Burt Totatro "Milnor K-theory is the simplest part of algebraic K-theory", 12 pages.

Milnor K-theory is the simplest part of algebraic K-theory, Ph.D. thesis, University of California, Berkeley, 1989; K-Theory 6 (1992), 177-189.

Burt Totaro's webpage at Cambridge