Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences
Encyclopedia
The is a research institute attached to Kyoto University
, hosting researchers in the mathematical sciences
from all over Japan. The institute is often abbreviated as RIMS. RIMS was founded in April 1963.
Kyoto University
, or is a national university located in Kyoto, Japan. It is the second oldest Japanese university, and formerly one of Japan's Imperial Universities.- History :...
, hosting researchers in the mathematical sciences
Mathematical sciences
Mathematical sciences is a broad term that refers to those academic disciplines that are primarily mathematical in nature but may not be universally considered subfields of mathematics proper...
from all over Japan. The institute is often abbreviated as RIMS. RIMS was founded in April 1963.
List of directors
- Masuo Fukuhara (1963.5.1 - 1969.3.31)
- Kōsaku Yoshida (1969.4.1 - 1972.3.31)
- Hisaaki Yoshizawa (1972.4.1 - 1976.3.31)
- Kiyoshi ItōKiyoshi Itowas a Japanese mathematician whose work is now called Itō calculus. The basic concept of this calculus is the Itō integral, and among the most important results is Itō's lemma. The Itō calculus facilitates mathematical understanding of random events...
(1976.4.1 - 1979.4.1) - Nobuo Shimada (1979.4.2 - 1983.4.1)
- Heisuke HironakaHeisuke Hironakais a Japanese mathematician. After completing his undergraduate studies at Kyoto University, he received his Ph.D. from Harvard while under the direction of Oscar Zariski. He won the Fields Medal in 1970....
(1983.4.2 - 1985.1.30) - Nobuo Shimada (1985.1.31 - 1987.1.30)
- Mikio SatoMikio Satois a Japanese mathematician, who started the field of algebraic analysis. He studied at the University of Tokyo, and then did graduate study in physics as a student of Shin'ichiro Tomonaga...
(1987.1.31 - 1991.1.30) - Satoru Takasu (1991.1.31 - 1993.1.30)
- Huzihiro ArakiHuzihiro Arakiis a Japanese mathematical physicist and mathematician.Araki is the son of the University of Kyoto physics professor Gentarō Araki, with whom he studied and with whom in 1954 he published his first physics paper...
(1993.1.31 - 1996.3.31) - Kyōji Saitō (1996.4.1 - 1998.3.31)
- Masatake Mori (1998.4.1 - 2001.3.31)
- Masaki KashiwaraMasaki Kashiwarais a Japanese mathematician. He was a student of Mikio Sato at the University of Tokyo. Sato and Kashiwara have collaborated on algebraic analysis and D-module theory.He is a member of the French Academy of Sciences.- Concepts named after Kashiwara :...
(2001.4.1 - 2003.3.31) - Yōichirō Takahashi (2003.4.1 - 2007.3.31)
- Masaki Kashiwara (2007.4.1 - 2009.3.31)
- Shigeru Morishige (2009.4.1 - 2011.3.31)
- Shigefumi MoriShigefumi Mori-References:*Heisuke Hironaka, Fields Medallists Lectures, Michael F. Atiyah , Daniel Iagolnitzer ; World Scientific Publishing, 2007. ISBN 9810231172...
(2011.4.1 - present)
Notable researchers
- Heisuke HironakaHeisuke Hironakais a Japanese mathematician. After completing his undergraduate studies at Kyoto University, he received his Ph.D. from Harvard while under the direction of Oscar Zariski. He won the Fields Medal in 1970....
, Fields Medalist - Shigefumi MoriShigefumi Mori-References:*Heisuke Hironaka, Fields Medallists Lectures, Michael F. Atiyah , Daniel Iagolnitzer ; World Scientific Publishing, 2007. ISBN 9810231172...
, Fields Medalist - Kiyoshi ItōKiyoshi Itowas a Japanese mathematician whose work is now called Itō calculus. The basic concept of this calculus is the Itō integral, and among the most important results is Itō's lemma. The Itō calculus facilitates mathematical understanding of random events...
, Wolf Prize in MathematicsWolf Prize in MathematicsThe Wolf Prize in Mathematics is awarded almost annually by the Wolf Foundation in Israel. It is one of the six Wolf Prizes established by the Foundation and awarded since 1978; the others are in Agriculture, Chemistry, Medicine, Physics and Arts...
laureate