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Jun-Ichi Igusa
Born(1924-01-30)30 January 1924
Died25 November 2013(2013-11-25) (aged 89)
NationalityJapanese
Alma materKyoto University
Known forIgusa zeta-function
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
InstitutionsJohns Hopkins University
Doctoral studentsHiroshi Gunji
Donald McQuillan
Tetsuji Shioda

Jun-Ichi Igusa (井草 準一, Igusa Jun’ichi, 30 January 1924 − 25 November 2013)[1] was a Japanese professor emeritus at Johns Hopkins University, known for his contributions to algebraic geometry and number theory. Igusa zeta-function, the Igusa quartic, Igusa subgroups, Igusa curves and Igusa varieties were named after him.[2]

He was an invited speaker for the 1962 ICM in Stockholm.[3] He was awarded Japan's Order of the Sacred Treasure. In 2012 he became a fellow of the American Mathematical Society.[4]

He has three sons, Kiyoshi, Takeru and Mitsuru.[5] 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, vol. 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, vol. 59, Bombay: Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, ISBN 978-0-387-08944-7, MR 0546292
  • Igusa, Jun-ichi (2000), An introduction to the theory of local zeta functions, AMS/IP Studies in Advanced Mathematics, vol. 14, Providence, R.I.: American Mathematical Society, ISBN 978-0-8218-2015-5, MR 1743467

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