Sigekatu Kuroda

Sigekatu Kuroda (黒田 成勝, Kuroda Shigekatsu, 11 November 1905 – 3 November 1972) was a Japanese mathematician who worked in number theory and mathematical logic.[1]

Sigekatu Kuroda
Born 11 November 1905
Died 3 November 1972
Nationality  Japan
Alma mater Tokyo Imperial University (Ph.D., 1945)
Scientific career
Fields Mathematics
Institutions Tokyo Women's Normal School
Nagoya University (1942–1963)
University of Maryland (1962–1972)
Doctoral advisor Teiji Takagi

In 1942 he became a professor at the newly founded Nagoya Imperial University, where he stayed for over twenty years. He is responsible for much of the effort in setting up its Department of Mathematics.[2]

He was married to the renowned number theorist Teiji Takagi's daughter Yakeo. The couple had three sons, all of whom became mathematicians, including S.-Y. Kuroda, who was a professor of linguistics at University of California, San Diego.[3]

He published a text on Foundations of Number Theory with Tomio Kubota in 1963.

References

  1. ↑ O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "Sigekatu Kuroda", MacTutor History of Mathematics archive, University of St Andrews .
  2. ↑ H. W. Leopoldt (1975). "Obituary : Sigekatu Kuroda (November 11, 1905–November 3, 1972)" (PDF). J. Number Theory. 7. pp. 1–4.
  3. ↑ "Obituary for S.-Y. Kuroda, UCSD Linguistics Department".


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