was a Japanese

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who introduced the notion of

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in 1951. His advisor was Shokichi Iyanaga. At the time of his death he was an emeritus professor at

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Biography of Azumaya
by 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 {{Asia-mathematician-stub