Heisuke Hironaka
Heisuke Hironaka | |
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広中 平祐 | |
| Born | April 9, 1931 Yuu-chō, Kuga-Gun, Yamaguchi, Japan (modern-day Iwakuni, Yamaguchi, Japan) |
| Died | March 18, 2026 (aged 94) Tokyo, Japan |
| Alma mater | Kyoto University (BA) Harvard University (PhD) |
| Spouse |
Wakako Kimoto (m. 1960) |
| Awards | Asahi Prize (1967) Fields Medal (1970) Order of Culture (1975) Legion of Honour (2004) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | Brandeis University Harvard University Columbia University Kyoto University |
| Thesis | On the Theory of Birational Blowing-up (1960) |
Doctoral advisor | 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.