Mikio Sato

Japanese mathematician (1928–2023)

Mikio Sato (佐藤 幹夫, Satō Mikio, April 18, 1928 – 9 January 2023) was a Japanese mathematician. He worked at Kyoto University. He won a Wolf Prize in 2003. He is known for his equations Bernstein–Sato polynomials, Sato–Tate conjecture, Algebraic analysis and the holonomic quantum field. He was a member of the National Academy of Sciences since 1993.

Mikio Sato
Born(1928-04-18)April 18, 1928
DiedJanuary 9, 2023(2023-01-09) (aged 94)
NationalityJapanese
Alma materUniversity of Tokyo (BSc, 1952) (PhD, 1963)
Known forBernstein–Sato polynomials
Sato–Tate conjecture
Algebraic analysis
holonomic quantum field
AwardsRolf Schock Prize in Mathematics (1997)
Wolf Prize (2003)
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
InstitutionsKyoto University
Doctoral advisorShokichi Iyanaga
Doctoral studentsMasaki Kashiwara
Takahiro Kawai

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