Shigeru Iitaka

Short description: Japanese mathematician

Shigeru Iitaka

Born| (1942-05-29)May 29, 1942

Chiba, Japan

Nationality| Japan ese
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

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.

## References

1. ↑ Shigeru Iitaka at the Mathematics Genealogy Project

## External links

* CV of Shigeru Iitaka

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