The is a research institute attached to
Kyoto University
, mottoeng = Freedom of academic culture
, established =
, type = National university, Public (National)
, endowment = ¥ 316 billion (2.4 1000000000 (number), billion USD)
, faculty = 3,480 (Teaching Staff)
, administrative_staff ...
, hosting researchers in the
mathematical sciences
The mathematical sciences are a group of areas of study that includes, in addition to mathematics, those academic disciplines that are primarily mathematical in nature but may not be universally considered subfields of mathematics proper.
Statisti ...
from all over Japan. RIMS was founded in April 1963.
List of directors
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Masuo Fukuhara (1963.5.1 – 1969.3.31)
*
Kōsaku Yosida (1969.4.1 – 1972.3.31)
*
Hisaaki Yoshizawa (1972.4.1 – 1976.3.31)
*
Kiyoshi Itō
Kiyoshi, (きよし or キヨシ), is a Japanese given name, also spelled Kyoshi.
Possible meanings
*'' Kyōshi'', a form of Japanese poetry
*Kyōshi, a Japanese honorific
Possible writings
*清, "cleanse"
*淳, "pure"
*潔, "undefiled"
*清志, ...
(1976.4.1 – 1979.4.1)
*
Nobuo Shimada (1979.4.2 – 1983.4.1)
*
Heisuke Hironaka
is a Japanese mathematician who was awarded the Fields Medal in 1970 for his contributions to algebraic geometry.
Career
Hironaka entered Kyoto University in 1949. After completing his undergraduate studies at Kyoto University, he received his ...
(1983.4.2 – 1985.1.30)
* Nobuo Shimada (1985.1.31 – 1987.1.30)
*
Mikio Sato
is a Japanese mathematician known for founding the fields of algebraic analysis, hyperfunctions, and holonomic quantum fields. He is a professor at the Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences in Kyoto.
Education
Sato studied at the Unive ...
(1987.1.31 – 1991.1.30)
*
Satoru Takasu (1991.1.31 – 1993.1.30)
*
Huzihiro Araki
is a Japanese mathematical physicist and mathematician, who worked on the foundations of quantum field theory, on quantum statistical mechanics, and on the theory of operator algebras.
Biography
Araki is the son of the University of Kyoto ph ...
(1993.1.31 – 1996.3.31)
*
Kyōji Saitō (1996.4.1 – 1998.3.31)
*
Masatake Mori (1998.4.1 – 2001.3.31)
*
Masaki Kashiwara
is a Japanese mathematician. He was a student of Mikio Sato at the University of Tokyo. Kashiwara made leading contributions towards algebraic analysis, microlocal analysis, D-module, ''D''-module theory, Hodge theory, sheaf theory and represent ...
(2001.4.1 – 2003.3.31)
*
Yōichirō Takahashi (2003.4.1 – 2007.3.31)
*
Masaki Kashiwara
is a Japanese mathematician. He was a student of Mikio Sato at the University of Tokyo. Kashiwara made leading contributions towards algebraic analysis, microlocal analysis, D-module, ''D''-module theory, Hodge theory, sheaf theory and represent ...
(2007.4.1 – 2009.3.31)
*
Shigeru Morishige (2009.4.1 – 2011.3.31)
*
Shigefumi Mori
is a Japanese mathematician, known for his work in algebraic geometry, particularly in relation to the classification of three-folds.
Career
Mori completed his Ph.D. titled "The Endomorphism Rings of Some Abelian Varieties" under Masayoshi Naga ...
(2011.4.1 – 2014.3.31)
*
Shigeru Mukai
is a Japanese mathematician at Kyoto University specializing in algebraic geometry.
Work
He introduced the Fourier–Mukai transform in 1981 in a paper on abelian varieties, which also made up his doctoral thesis. His research since has incl ...
(2014.4.1 – 2017.3.31)
* Michio Yamada (2017.4.1 – present)
Notable researchers
Current researchers
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Takashi Kumagai
*
Shinichi Mochizuki
is a Japanese mathematician working in number theory and arithmetic geometry. He is one of the main contributors to anabelian geometry. His contributions include his solution of the Grothendieck conjecture in anabelian geometry about hyperboli ...
*
Takurō Mochizuki
Takurō Mochizuki (望月 拓郎, born 28 August 1972) is a Japanese mathematician at Kyoto University.
Overview
As a student at the University of Kyoto in 1994, Mochizuki left his undergraduate studies early to become a graduate student in ma ...
, a
plenary speaker at the International Congress of Mathematicians in 2014.
*
Shigeru Mukai
is a Japanese mathematician at Kyoto University specializing in algebraic geometry.
Work
He introduced the Fourier–Mukai transform in 1981 in a paper on abelian varieties, which also made up his doctoral thesis. His research since has incl ...
*
Kaoru Ono
*
Past researchers
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Heisuke Hironaka
is a Japanese mathematician who was awarded the Fields Medal in 1970 for his contributions to algebraic geometry.
Career
Hironaka entered Kyoto University in 1949. After completing his undergraduate studies at Kyoto University, he received his ...
,
Fields Medalist
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*
Kiyoshi Itō
Kiyoshi, (きよし or キヨシ), is a Japanese given name, also spelled Kyoshi.
Possible meanings
*'' Kyōshi'', a form of Japanese poetry
*Kyōshi, a Japanese honorific
Possible writings
*清, "cleanse"
*淳, "pure"
*潔, "undefiled"
*清志, ...
,
Wolf Prize in Mathematics
The Wolf Prize in Mathematics is awarded almost annually by the Wolf Foundation in Israel. It is one of the six Wolf Prizes established by the Foundation and awarded since 1978; the others are in Agriculture, Chemistry, Medicine, Physics and Arts. ...
laureater
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Kazuya Kato
is a Japanese mathematician. He grew up in the prefecture of Wakayama in Japan. He attended college at the University of Tokyo, from which he also obtained his master's degree in 1975, and his PhD in 1980. He was a professor at Tokyo University ...
*
Shigefumi Mori
is a Japanese mathematician, known for his work in algebraic geometry, particularly in relation to the classification of three-folds.
Career
Mori completed his Ph.D. titled "The Endomorphism Rings of Some Abelian Varieties" under Masayoshi Naga ...
, Fields Medalist
*
Masaki Kashiwara
is a Japanese mathematician. He was a student of Mikio Sato at the University of Tokyo. Kashiwara made leading contributions towards algebraic analysis, microlocal analysis, D-module, ''D''-module theory, Hodge theory, sheaf theory and represent ...
,
Chern Medal
The Chern Medal is an international award recognizing outstanding lifelong achievement of the highest level in the field of mathematics. The prize is given at the International Congress of Mathematicians (ICM), which is held every four years.
...
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Hiraku Nakajima
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 will be Internat ...
,
Cole Prize The Frank Nelson Cole Prize, or Cole Prize for short, is one of twenty-two prizes awarded to mathematicians by the American Mathematical Society, one for an outstanding contribution to algebra, and the other for an outstanding contribution to number ...
laureate
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Mikio Sato
is a Japanese mathematician known for founding the fields of algebraic analysis, hyperfunctions, and holonomic quantum fields. He is a professor at the Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences in Kyoto.
Education
Sato studied at the Unive ...
,
Wolf Prize in Mathematics
The Wolf Prize in Mathematics is awarded almost annually by the Wolf Foundation in Israel. It is one of the six Wolf Prizes established by the Foundation and awarded since 1978; the others are in Agriculture, Chemistry, Medicine, Physics and Arts. ...
laureater
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