Shigeru Iitaka
Shigeru Iitaka (飯高 茂 Iitaka Shigeru, born May 29, 1942, Chiba) is a Japanese mathematician at Gakushuin University working in algebraic geometry who introduced the Kodaira dimension and Iitaka dimension. He was a worldly leader in the field of Algebraic geometry.
Shigeru Iitaka | |
|---|---|
| Born | May 29, 1942 |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Alma mater | University of Tokyo |
| Known for | Kodaira dimension, Iitaka dimension |
| Awards | Iyanaga Prize (1980) Japan Academy Prize (1990) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | Gakushuin University |
| Doctoral advisor | Kunihiko Kodaira |
| Doctoral students | Yujiro Kawamata |
He received in 1970 his Ph.D. from the University of Tokyo under Kunihiko Kodaira with thesis「代数多様体のD-次元について」(On D-dimensions of algebraic varieties).[1] He was awarded the Iyanaga Prize of the Mathematical Society of Japan in 1980 and the Japan Academy Prize in 1990.
References
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.