Heisuke Hironaka
Heisuke Hironaka | |
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| Born | April 9, 1931 |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Alma mater | Kyoto University (BA) Harvard University (PhD) |
| Spouse | Wakako Hironaka (née Kimoto) |
| 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 | José Manuel Aroca Hernández-Ros Charles Barton, III Dave Bayer Bruce Bennett Max Benson Jacob E. Goodman William Haboush Jerome Hoffman Audun Holme Monique Lejeune-Jalabert Takehiko Miyata Loren Olson Mary Schaps Andrew Schwartz Mark Spivakovsky Allen Tannenbaum Bernard Teissier Philip Wagreich Boris Youssin |
Heisuke Hironaka (広中 平祐, Hironaka Heisuke; born April 9, 1931) is a Japanese mathematician who was awarded the Fields Medal in 1970 for his contributions to algebraic geometry.