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Kenkichi Iwasawa | |
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| Born | September 11, 1917 Shinshuku, Japan |
| Died | October 26, 1998 (aged 81) Tokyo, Japan |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Alma mater | University of Tokyo |
| Known for | Iwasawa algebra Iwasawa decomposition Iwasawa group Iwasawa logarithm Iwasawa manifold Iwasawa theory Iwasawa–Tate theory Cartan–Iwasawa–Malcev theorem |
| Awards | Fujihara Award (1979) Cole Prize (1962) Prize of the Japan Academy (1962) Asahi Prize (1959) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | Massachusetts Institute of Technology Princeton University |
| Doctoral advisor | Shokichi Iyanaga |
| Doctoral students | Robert F. Coleman Ralph Greenberg Yasutaka Ihara Eugene M. Luks Gustave Solomon Larry Washington |
Kenkichi Iwasawa (岩澤 健吉 Iwasawa Kenkichi, September 11, 1917 – October 26, 1998) was a Japanese mathematician who is known for his influence on algebraic number theory.