Heisuke Hironaka
Heisuke Hironaka | |
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広中 平祐 | |
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| Born | 9 April 1931 |
| Died | 18 March 2026 (aged 94) |
| Alma mater | Kyoto University (BA) Harvard University (PhD) |
| Spouse | Wakako Hironaka (née Kimoto) |
| Awards | Asahi Prize (1967) Fields Medal (1970) Order of Culture (1975) Legion of Honour (2004) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | Brandeis University Harvard University Columbia University Kyoto University |
| Thesis | On the Theory of Birational Blowing-up (1960) |
| Doctoral advisor | Oscar Zariski |
| Doctoral students | José Manuel Aroca Hernández-Ros Charles Barton, III Dave Bayer Bruce Bennett Max Benson Jacob E. Goodman William Haboush Jerome Hoffman Audun Holme Monique Lejeune-Jalabert Takehiko Miyata Loren Olson Mary Schaps Andrew Schwartz Mark Spivakovsky Allen Tannenbaum Bernard Teissier Philip Wagreich Boris Youssin |
Heisuke Hironaka (広中 平祐, Hironaka Heisuke; 9 April 1931 – 18 March 2026) was a Japanese mathematician. He won the Fields Medal in 1970 for his works on algebraic geometry.[1]
Hironaka died on 18 March 2026, at the age of 94.[2]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Fields Medallists". Kyoto University. Archived from the original on December 2, 2023. Retrieved March 10, 2014.
- ↑ "数学者の広中平祐さん死去 フィールズ賞受賞・元山口大学長、94歳：朝日新聞". 朝日新聞 (in Japanese). 2026-03-18. Retrieved 2026-03-18.
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