Akihiro Kanamori
Akihiro Kanamori | |
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金森 晶洋 | |
Kanamori playing chess in 1975 | |
| Born | October 23, 1948 Tokyo, Japan |
| Alma mater | California Institute of Technology, University of Cambridge |
| Known for | The Higher Infinite |
| Spouse | Tamara Awerbuch-Friedlander (until divorce) |
| Children | 2 sons |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | Boston University |
| Thesis | Ultrafilters over uncountable cardinals (1975) |
Akihiro Kanamori (金森 晶洋, Kanamori Akihiro; born October 23, 1948 in Tokyo) is a Japanese-born American mathematician. He specializes in set theory and is the author of the monograph on large cardinals, The Higher Infinite. He has written several essays on the history of mathematics, especially set theory.
Kanamori graduated from California Institute of Technology and earned a Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge (King's College), and is a professor of mathematics at Boston University.
With Matthew Foreman, Kanamori is the editor of the Handbook of Set Theory (2010).