was a Japanese
mathematician
A mathematician is someone who uses an extensive knowledge of mathematics in their work, typically to solve mathematical problems.
Mathematicians are concerned with numbers, data, quantity, structure, space, models, and change.
History
On ...
who introduced the notion of
Azumaya algebra In mathematics, an Azumaya algebra is a generalization of central simple algebras to ''R''-algebras where ''R'' need not be a field. Such a notion was introduced in a 1951 paper of Goro Azumaya, for the case where ''R'' is a commutative local rin ...
in 1951. His advisor was
Shokichi Iyanaga. At the time of his death he was an emeritus professor at
Indiana University
Indiana University (IU) is a system of public universities in the U.S. state of Indiana.
Campuses
Indiana University has two core campuses, five regional campuses, and two regional centers under the administration of IUPUI.
*Indiana Universi ...
.
References
External links
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Biography of Azumayaby BiRep, Bielefeld University
1920 births
20th-century Japanese mathematicians
21st-century Japanese mathematicians
Algebraists
Indiana University faculty
2010 deaths
Nagoya University alumni
Japanese expatriates in the United States
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