Goro Shimura
Gorō Shimura | |
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 Goro Shimura in 1964, taken by Princeton University while he was a professor there | |
| Born | 23 February 1930 |
| Died | 3 May 2019 (aged 89) |
| Education | University of Tokyo |
| Known for | Complex multiplication of abelian varieties Eichler-Shimura relation Modularity theorem Shimura correspondence Shimura variety Shimura subgroup Shimura's reciprocity law |
| Awards | Guggenheim Fellowship (1970) Cole Prize (1977) Asahi Prize (1991) Steele Prize (1996) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Workplaces | Princeton University |
Doctoral students | Don Blasius Bill Casselman Melvin Hochster Kamal Khuri-Makdisi Robert Rumely Alice Silverberg |
Gorō Shimura (志村 五郎, Shimura Gorō; 23 February 1930 – 3 May 2019) was a Japanese mathematician and Michael Henry Strater Professor Emeritus of Mathematics at Princeton University who worked in number theory, automorphic forms, and arithmetic geometry. He was known for developing the theory of complex multiplication of abelian varieties and Shimura varieties, as well as posing the Taniyama–Shimura conjecture which ultimately led to the proof of Fermat's Last Theorem.