Heisuke Hironaka
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Heisuke Hironaka is a Japanese mathematician renowned for his groundbreaking work in algebraic geometry, particularly his proof of the resolution of singularities in characteristic zero.
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| Heisuke Hironaka canonical | 3 |
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| instanceOf |
human
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mathematician ⓘ |
| areaOfInfluence | modern algebraic geometry ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Fields Medal
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Japan Academy Prize NERFINISHED ⓘ Order of Culture (Japan) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contributedTo |
birational classification of algebraic varieties
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theory of embedded resolution ⓘ theory of resolution of singularities ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Japan ⓘ |
| doctoralAdvisor | Oscar Zariski NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Harvard University
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Kyoto University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer |
Harvard University
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Kyoto University NERFINISHED ⓘ Northeastern University NERFINISHED ⓘ Yale University ⓘ |
| familyName | Hironaka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
algebraic geometry
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mathematics ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Heisuke NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAcademicDiscipline |
commutative algebra
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singularity theory ⓘ |
| honorificTitle | Fields Medalist NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
birational geometry
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research on singularities of algebraic varieties ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Alexander Grothendieck
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Oscar Zariski NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
20th-century mathematicians
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Japanese mathematicians ⓘ |
| knownFor |
resolution of singularities in characteristic zero
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work in algebraic geometry ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
English
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Japanese ⓘ |
| memberOf | Japan Academy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Heisuke Hironaka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | Japanese ⓘ |
| notableConcept |
Hironaka resolution theorem
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Hironaka’s theorem on resolution of singularities NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableStudent | Shigefumi Mori NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork | proof of resolution of singularities for algebraic varieties over fields of characteristic zero ⓘ |
| occupation | university professor ⓘ |
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