Hiraku Nakajima
Appearance
Hiraku Nakajima | |
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Born | |
Nationality | Japan |
Alma mater | University of Tokyo |
Awards | Geometry Prize (1997) Cole Prize (2003) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Mathematics |
Institutions | Kyoto University Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences |
Hiraku Nakajima (Japanese: 中島 啓 Nakajima Hiraku; born November 30, 1962) is a Japanese mathematician, and a professor of the Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe at the University of Tokyo.
He obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Tokyo in 1991. In 2002 he was plenary speaker at the International Congress of Mathematicians in Beijing. He won the 2003 Cole Prize in algebra for his work on representation theory and geometry. He proved Nekrasov's conjecture.
Biography
- 1985 - BA from the University of Tokyo
- 1987 - MA from the University of Tokyo, and became a research associate at the University of Tokyo
- 1991 - PhD from the University of Tokyo
- 1992 - Associate professor at Tohoku University
- 1995 - Associate professor at the University of Tokyo
- 1997 - Associate professor at Kyoto University
- 2000 - Full professor at Kyoto University
- 2018 - Full professor at Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe
Awards and Prizes
- 1997 - Geometry Prize of the Mathematical Society of Japan
- 2000 - Spring Prize of the Mathematical Society of Japan
- 2003 - Cole Prize in algebra of the American Mathematical Society
- 2005 - JSPS prize of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
- 2014 - Japan Academy Prize
External links
- Nakajima's homepage
- "2003 Cole Prize in Algebra" (PDF), Notices of the American Mathematical Society, 50 (4): 468–469, 2003
Categories:
- 1962 births
- Living people
- People from Tokyo
- 20th-century Japanese mathematicians
- 21st-century Japanese mathematicians
- Institute for Advanced Study visiting scholars
- Azabu High School alumni
- University of Tokyo alumni
- Tohoku University faculty
- University of Tokyo faculty
- Kyoto University faculty
- Japanese scientist stubs
- Asian mathematician stubs