Yutaka Taniyama

Yutaka Taniyama
谷山 豊
Born(1927-11-12)12 November 1927
Died17 November 1958(1958-11-17) (aged 31)
Ikebukuro, Toshima, Tokyo, Japan
Alma materUniversity of Tokyo
Known forContributions in algebraic number theory
Taniyama–Shimura conjecture
Taniyama group
Taniyama's problems
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
InstitutionsUniversity of Tokyo

Yutaka Taniyama (谷山 豊, Taniyama Yutaka, 12 November 1927 – 17 November 1958) was a Japanese mathematician known for the Taniyama–Shimura conjecture.