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ItĹŤ Kiyoshi
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Memorial Page for ItĹŤ Kiyoshi

Sep 7, 1915 – Nov 10, 2008(93 years)Died in:Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture

Japanese mathematician who pioneered stochastic calculus

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Biography

Occupation(3)

bureaucratmathematicianuniversity teacher

Awards(8)

Imperial Prize of Japan AcademyAsahi Prizedoctor honoris causa from the Pierre and Marie Curie UniversityWolf Prize in MathematicsKyoto Prize in Basic SciencesPerson of Cultural MeritCarl Friedrich Gauss PrizeOrder of Culture

Education(1)

University of Tokyo

Kiyoshi Itō (* September 7, 1915 in Hokusei-cho-ageki, Inabe; † November 10, 2008 in Kyoto) was a japanese mathematician who pioneered stochastic calculus. He was 93 years old. He studied at University of Tokyo. He received 8 awards, including Imperial Prize of Japan Academy, Asahi Prize.

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Born in Japan

1915

University of Tokyo

1935

bachelor's degree · until 1938

Statistics Japan

1939

until 1943

Nagoya University

1943

until 1952

Kyoto University

1952

until 1954

Institute for Advanced Study

1954

until 1956

Kyoto University

1956

until 1979

Aarhus University

1966

until 1969

Cornell University

1969

until 1975

Imperial Prize of Japan Academy

1978

Asahi Prize

1978

Gakushuin University

1979

until 1985

doctor honoris causa from the Pierre and Marie Curie University

1981

Wolf Prize in Mathematics

1987

Kyoto Prize in Basic Sciences

1998

Person of Cultural Merit

2003

Carl Friedrich Gauss Prize

2006

Order of Culture

2008

Died in Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture

2008

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ItĹŤ Kiyoshi. Forever remembered.