Nationality Japan Education University of Tokyo Books Galois' dream Died 1990 | Name Michio Kuga Alma mater University of Tokyo Fields Mathematics | |
Institutions State University of New York at Stony Brook | ||
Doctoral advisor Shokichi Iyanaga Doctoral students Stephen S. Kudla | ||
Michio Kuga (道郎 久賀, 1928 - 13 February 1990) was a mathematician who received his Ph.D. from University of Tokyo in 1960. His work helped lead to a proof of the Ramanujan conjecture which partly follows from the proof of the Weil conjectures by Deligne (1974).
In 1966, he introduced Kuga fiber varieties.
One of his books, Galois' Dream: Group Theory and Differential Equations, is a series of lectures on group theory and differential equations for undergraduate students, considering such topics as covering spaces and Fuchsian differential equations from the point of view of Galois theory, though it does not treat classical Galois theory of polynomials and fields in depth.
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