About Shigekatsu Kuroda
Lived 1905 – 1972 (aged 66). Shigekatsu Kuroda was a Japanese mathematician and university teacher.
was a Japanese mathematician who worked in number theory and mathematical logic.
In 1942 he became a professor at the newly founded Nagoya Imperial University, where he stayed for over twenty years. He was responsible for much of the effort in setting up its Department of Mathematics.
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 the University of California, San Diego.
He published a text on the foundations of algebraic number theory with Tomio Kubota in 1963.
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Who was Shigekatsu Kuroda?
Japanese mathematician
When was Shigekatsu Kuroda born?
Shigekatsu Kuroda was born on 11 November 1905 in Tokyo.
When did Shigekatsu Kuroda die?
Shigekatsu Kuroda died on 3 November 1972 in Baltimore.
What was Shigekatsu Kuroda's occupation?
Shigekatsu Kuroda was a mathematician and university teacher.
What nationality was Shigekatsu Kuroda?
Shigekatsu Kuroda was Japanese.
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