Sōichi Kakeya

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Sōichi Kakeya
Born(1886-01-18)18 January 1886

Sōichi Kakeya (掛谷 宗一, Kakeya Sōichi, January 18, 1886 – January 9, 1947) was a Japanese mathematician who worked mainly in mathematical analysis and who posed the

transportation problem.[2][3] He received the Imperial Prize of the Japan Academy in 1928, and was elected to the Japan Academy in 1934.[4]

References

  1. ^ Tanaka, George (1986). "The Transportation Problem by Prof. Soichi Kakeya". Hosei University Research Department Bulletin.
  2. ^ Kakeya, Soichi (1917), "Some problems on maximum and minimum regarding ovals", Tohoku Science Reports, 6: 71–88
  3. ^ "The Japan Academy, Deceased Members: K, L".
  • Kakeya, S. (1912–13) "On the Limits of the Roots of an Algebraic Equation with Positive Coefficients," Tohoku Mathematical Journal (First Series),2:140–142.