Shigeru Iitaka
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Shigeru Iitaka | |
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Born | |
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 |
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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.
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.
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