Jun Ichi Igusa

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Nationality Japanese Role Professor of mathematics Alma mater Kyoto University Education Kyoto University		Known for Igusa zeta-function Fields Mathematics Name Jun-Ichi Igusa

Born 30 January 1924 ( 1924-01-30 ) Institutions Johns Hopkins University Doctoral students Hiroshi Gunji Donald McQuillan Tetsuji Shioda Died November 24, 2013, Balti, Maryland, United States Books An Introduction to the Theory of Local Zeta Functions, Lectures on Forms of Higher Degree, Theta Functions

Jun-Ichi Igusa (井草準一, Igusa Jun’ichi, 30 January 1924 − 25 November 2013) was a Japanese mathematician who for over three decades was on the faculty at Johns Hopkins University. He is known for his contributions to algebraic geometry and number theory. The Igusa zeta-function, the Igusa quartic, Igusa subgroups, Igusa curves, and Igusa varieties are named after him.

He was an invited speaker for the 1962 ICM in Stockholm. He was awarded Japan's Order of the Sacred Treasure. In 2012 he became a fellow of the American Mathematical Society.

He has three sons, Kiyoshi, Takeru and Mitsuru. Takeru Igusa is a professor of civil engineering at Johns Hopkins University. Kiyoshi Igusa is a professor of mathematics at Brandeis University.

Publications

Igusa, Jun-ichi (1972), Theta functions, Die Grundlehren der mathematischen Wissenschaften, 194, Berlin, New York: Springer-Verlag, ISBN 978-3-540-05699-7, MR 0325625

Igusa, Jun-ichi (1978), Forms of higher degree (PDF), Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Lectures on Mathematics and Physics, 59, Bombay: Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, ISBN 978-0-387-08944-7, MR 546292

Igusa, Jun-ichi (2000), An introduction to the theory of local zeta functions, AMS/IP Studies in Advanced Mathematics, 14, Providence, R.I.: American Mathematical Society, ISBN 978-0-8218-2015-5, MR 1743467

References

Jun-Ichi Igusa Wikipedia

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