Heisuke Hironaka
Heisuke Hironaka | |
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広中 平祐 | |
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| Born | April 9, 1931 |
| Died | March 18, 2026 (aged 94) Tokyo, Japan |
| Education | Kyoto University (BA) Harvard University (PhD) |
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| Awards | Asahi Prize (1967) Fields Medal (1970) Order of Culture (1975) Legion of Honour (2004) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Workplaces | Brandeis University Harvard University Columbia University Kyoto University |
| Thesis | On the Theory of Birational Blowing-up (1960) |
| Oscar Zariski | |
Doctoral students | Dave Bayer Jacob E. Goodman William Haboush Mary Schaps Mark Spivakovsky Allen Tannenbaum Bernard Teissier |
Heisuke Hironaka (広中 平祐, Hironaka Heisuke; April 9, 1931 – March 18, 2026) was a Japanese mathematician who was awarded the Fields Medal in 1970 for his contributions to algebraic geometry.