Shizuo Kakutani
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Shizuo Kakutani (角谷 静夫, Kakutani Shizuo, August 28, 1911 – August 17, 2004) was a Japanese and American mathematician, best known for his eponymous fixed-point theorem.
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Shizuo Kakutani | |
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角谷 静夫 | |
Born | (1911-08-28)August 28, 1911 Osaka, Japan |
Died | August 17, 2004(2004-08-17) (aged 92) New Haven, Connecticut, U.S. |
Nationality (legal) | American |
Alma mater | Tohoku University |
Known for | Kakutani fixed-point theorem Markov–Kakutani fixed-point theorem Kakutani's theorem (geometry) Kakutani–Rokhlin lemma Riesz–Markov–Kakutani representation theorem |
Spouse | Keiko ("Kay") Uchida |
Children | Michiko Kakutani |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Mathematics |
Institutions | Yale University |
Doctoral advisor | Tatsujiro Shimizu |
Doctoral students | Roy Adler Robert M. Anderson Anatole Beck Alexandra Bellow |
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