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Shigeru Iitaka

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Shigeru Iitaka
Born(1942-05-29)May 29, 1942
NationalityJapanese
Alma materUniversity of Tokyo
Known forKodaira dimension, Iitaka dimension
AwardsIyanaga Prize (1980)
Japan Academy Prize (1990)
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
InstitutionsGakushuin University
Doctoral advisorKunihiko Kodaira
Doctoral studentsYujiro 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 world leader in the field of Algebraic geometry.

He received his Ph.D. in 1970 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.

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