Sigekatu Kuroda
Sigekatu Kuroda (黒田 成勝, Kuroda Shigekatsu, 11 November 1905 – 3 November 1972) was a Japanese mathematician who worked in number theory and mathematical logic.[1]
Sigekatu Kuroda | |
|---|---|
| Born | 11 November 1905 Tokyo, Japan |
| Died | 3 November 1972 |
| Nationality |  Japan |
| Alma mater | Tokyo Imperial University (Ph.D., 1945) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | Tokyo Women's Normal School Nagoya University (1942–1963) University of Maryland (1962–1972) |
| Doctoral advisor | Teiji Takagi |
In 1942 he became a professor at the newly founded Nagoya Imperial University, where he stayed for over twenty years. He is responsible for much of the effort in setting up its Department of Mathematics.[2]
He was married to the renowned number theorist Teiji Takagi's daughter Yakeo. The couple had three sons, all of whom became mathematicians, including S.-Y. Kuroda, who was a professor of linguistics at University of California, San Diego.[3]
He published a text on Foundations of Number Theory with Tomio Kubota in 1963.
References
- O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "Sigekatu Kuroda", MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive, University of St Andrews
- H. W. Leopoldt (1975). "Obituary : Sigekatu Kuroda (November 11, 1905–November 3, 1972)" (PDF). J. Number Theory. 7: 1–4. doi:10.1016/0022-314X(75)90002-5.
- "Obituary for S.-Y. Kuroda, UCSD Linguistics Department".
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