Jun-Ichi Igusa
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| Born | 30 January 1924 Kiyosato village, Igusa zeta-function |
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| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | University of Tsukuba Harvard University Johns Hopkins University |
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Jun-ichi Igusa (井草 準一, Igusa Jun’ichi, 30 January 1924 – 24 November 2013) was a Japanese
Igusa varieties are named after him.[1]
He was an invited speaker for the 1962 International Congress of Mathematicians in Stockholm.[2] He was awarded Japan's Order of the Sacred Treasure.[3] In 2012 he became a fellow of the American Mathematical Society.[4]
Life and career
Igusa was born in Kiyosato village,
Ph.D. from Kyoto University in 1953, after which he became professor of mathematics at the University of Tsukuba. After a brief period spent at Harvard University, he took up a permanent position at Johns Hopkins University, in Baltimore. Igusa taught at Johns Hopkins from 1955 to 1993.[6] He joined the staff of the American Journal of Mathematics as an associate editor in 1964, and served as chief editor between 1978 and 1993.[7] Igusa died, aged 89, of a stroke at Holly Hill Nursing Home in Towson, Maryland, on 24 November 2013.[6]
He had three sons, Kiyoshi, Takeru and Mitsuru.[1] Takeru Igusa is a professor of civil engineering at Johns Hopkins University. Kiyoshi Igusa is a professor of mathematics at Brandeis University.
Publications
- Igusa, Jun-ichi (1972), Theta functions, Die Grundlehren der mathematischen Wissenschaften, vol. 194, Berlin, New York: MR 0325625
- Igusa, Jun-ichi (1978), Forms of higher degree (PDF), Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Lectures on Mathematics and Physics, vol. 59, Bombay: Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, MR 0546292
- Igusa, Jun-ichi (2000), An introduction to the theory of local zeta functions, AMS/IP Studies in Advanced Mathematics, vol. 14, Providence, R.I.: MR 1743467
References
- ^ a b "Jun-ichi Igusa, noted mathematician and JHU researcher, dies at 89". Johns Hopkins University. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
- ^ "International Mathematical Union (IMU)". www.mathunion.org. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011.
- ^ "Mathematician Receives Japan's Order of the Sacred Treasure". Johns Hopkins University. 5 January 2005. Archived from the original on 4 April 2005. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
- ^ List of Fellows of the American Mathematical Society, retrieved 2013-01-26.
- ^ Lo, Samuel E. (1971). Asian Who? in America. East-West Who. p. 109.
- ^ a b Kelly, Jacques (6 December 2013). "Jun-ichi Igusa". Baltimore Sun. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
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