About Shigeru Iitaka
Born 1942. Shigeru Iitaka is a Japanese mathematician and professor, known for Iitaka dimension and Kodaira dimension.
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 world leader in the field of Algebraic geometry.
He received his Ph.D. in 1970 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). 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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Japanese mathematician
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Shigeru Iitaka was born on 29 May 1942 in Chiba Prefecture.
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Shigeru Iitaka is a mathematician and professor.
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Shigeru Iitaka is known for Iitaka dimension and Kodaira dimension.
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