is a retired
Japanese-born
American
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mathematician, specializing in number theory and algebraic groups.
Early life and education
Ono was born in
Nishinomiya
270px, Nishinomiya City Hall
270px, Aerial view of Nishinomiya city center
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is a city located in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 484,368 in 218948 households and a population density of ...
,
Japan. He received his Ph.D. in 1958 at
Nagoya University.
Career
Ono immigrated to the United States after receiving an invitation from
J. Robert Oppenheimer
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to work at the
Institute for Advanced Study
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with a fellowship for the two academic years 1959–1961
and then went to the
University of British Columbia
The University of British Columbia (UBC) is a public research university with campuses near Vancouver and in Kelowna, British Columbia. Established in 1908, it is British Columbia's oldest university. The university ranks among the top thre ...
to work as a mathematics professor from 1961 to 1964. From 1964 to 1969 Ono was a tenured professor at the
University of Pennsylvania
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. From 1969 to his retirement in 2011, he was a professor at
Johns Hopkins University
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. In 1966 he was an
invited speaker at the International Congress of Mathematicians
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in
Moscow
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.
[ In 2012 he was elected a Fellow of the ]American Mathematical Society
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.
Personal life
Ono's youngest son, Ken Ono
Ken Ono (born March 20, 1968) is a Japanese-American mathematician who specializes in number theory, especially in integer partitions, modular forms, umbral moonshine, the Riemann Hypothesis and the fields of interest to Srinivasa Ramanujan. He ...
, is also a mathematician and professor at the University of Virginia
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as well as a former triathlete. His middle son, Santa J. Ono
Santa Jeremy Ono ( ja, 小野 三太; born November 23, 1962) is a Canadian-American immunologist and academic administrator, currently serving as the 15th President of the University of Michigan, president of the University of Michigan since O ...
, is serving as the 15th President of the University of Michigan
, mottoeng = "Arts, Knowledge, Truth"
, former_names = Catholepistemiad, or University of Michigania (1817–1821)
, budget = $10.3 billion (2021)
, endowment = $17 billion (2021)As o ...
(previously the President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of British Columbia
The University of British Columbia (UBC) is a public research university with campuses near Vancouver and in Kelowna, British Columbia. Established in 1908, it is British Columbia's oldest university. The university ranks among the top thre ...
) and is a biomedical researcher. His eldest son, Momoro Ono, is a music professor at Creighton University
Creighton University is a private Jesuit research university in Omaha, Nebraska. Founded by the Society of Jesus in 1878, the university is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission. In 2015 the university enrolled 8,393 graduate and undergra ...
.
Selected publications
* 1959:
* 1961:
* 1963:
* 1964:
* 1965:
* 1965:
* 1969:
* 1969:
* 1990: ,
* 1994:
* 2008:
References
External links
Takashi Ono
at Department of Mathematics, Johns Hopkins University
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1928 births
Living people
Number theorists
Algebraic geometers
20th-century Japanese mathematicians
20th-century American mathematicians
21st-century Japanese mathematicians
21st-century American mathematicians
Nagoya University alumni
Johns Hopkins University faculty
People from Nishinomiya
Japanese emigrants to the United States
American academics of Japanese descent
Fellows of the American Mathematical Society
Institute for Advanced Study visiting scholars