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Heisuke Hironaka
Heisuke Hironaka was a Japanese mathematician who was awarded the Fields Medal in 1970 for his contributions to algebraic geometry.
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science · Japanese mathematician (1931–2026) · mathematician · university teacher · also Heisuke Hironaka, Hironaka
Born 9 April 1931 · Died 18 March 2026 · Q183373
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2026· 1 entry
2022· 1 entry
For the linkages he found between algebraic geometry and combinatorics
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2018· 1 entry
Published “Pembrolizumab versus paclitaxel for previously treated, advanced gastric or gastro-oesophageal junction cancer (KEYNOTE-061): a randomised, open-label, controlled, phase 3 trial” in The Lancet — cited 1,092 times.
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2017· 1 entry
Posted to his personal webpage a manuscript that claims to prove the existence of a resolution of singularities in a positive characteristic
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2015· 1 entry
Published “Phase III study comparing oxaliplatin plus S-1 with cisplatin plus S-1 in chemotherapy-naïve patients with advanced gastric cancer” in Annals of Oncology — cited 463 times.
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2014· 1 entry
Published “Ramucirumab plus paclitaxel versus placebo plus paclitaxel in patients with previously treated advanced gastric or gastro-oesophageal junction adenocarcinoma (RAINBOW): a double-blind, randomised phase 3 trial” in The Lancet Oncology — cited 2,051 times.
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2013· 1 entry
Published “Randomized, Open-Label, Phase III Study Comparing Irinotecan With Paclitaxel in Patients With Advanced Gastric Cancer Without Severe Peritoneal Metastasis After Failure of Prior Combination Chemotherapy Using Fluoropyrimidine Plus Platinum: WJOG 4007 Trial” in Journal of Clinical Oncology — cited 438 times.
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2011· 1 entry
Won Harvard Centennial Medal (2011).
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2002· 1 entry
Awarded honorary doctorate from the University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis (2002).
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1997· 1 entry
Published “Genetic Transformation of Wheat Mediated by Agrobacterium tumefaciens” in Plant Physiology — cited 505 times.
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1987· 1 entry
Published “Energetic comparison between photoinduced electron-transfer reactions from NADH model compounds to organic and inorganic oxidants and hydride-transfer reactions from NADH model compounds to p-benzoquinone derivatives” in Journal of the American Chemical Society — cited 387 times.
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1986· 2 entries
Published “Engineering Herbicide Tolerance in Transgenic Plants” in Science — cited 407 times.
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“I accumulate anything to do with numbers. For instance, I have more than 10,000 photos of flowers and leaves. I like to just count the numbers and compare them. I am so pleased to be a mathematician, because I can see the mathematical interest in things.”
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1984· 1 entry
Established the Japanese Association for Mathematical Sciences (JAMS) to fund these seminars, serving as executive director
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1981· 1 entry
Awarded honorary doctor of the University of Madrid Complutense (1981).
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1980· 1 entry
Started a summer seminar for Japanese high school students, and later created a program for Japanese and American college students
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1975· 2 entries
Awarded Person of Cultural Merit (1975).
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Awarded Order of Culture (1975).
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1971· 1 entry
Awarded Guggenheim Fellowship (1971).
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1970· 3 entries
Awarded Japan Academy Prize (1970).
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Won Fields medal (1970).
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For his contributions to algebraic geometry
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1967· 1 entry
Awarded Asahi Prize (1967).
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1964· 3 entries
Published “Resolution of Singularities of an Algebraic Variety Over a Field of Characteristic Zero: II” in The Annals of Mathematics — cited 435 times.
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Hironaka proved that singularities of algebraic varieties admit resolutions in characteristic zero
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Published “Resolution of Singularities of an Algebraic Variety Over a Field of Characteristic Zero: I” in The Annals of Mathematics — cited 1,106 times.
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1960· 4 entries
Studied at Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques (1959–1960).
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Hironaka introduced Hironaka's example, showing that a deformation of Kähler manifolds need not be Kähler
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Hironaka received his PhD for his thesis On the Theory of Birational Blowing-up
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A Brandeis Wien International Scholar who entered Japanese politics through her election to the House of Councillors in 1986
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1959· 1 entry
Studied at Harvard University, Doctor of Philosophy (1957–1959).
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1957· 1 entry
Hironaka moved to the United States to attend Harvard University as a doctoral student under the direction of Zariski
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1956· 2 entries
Akizuki invited then Harvard professor Oscar Zariski to Kyoto University
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Studied at Kyoto University, Bachelor of Arts (1949–1956).
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1949· 1 entry
And receiving his Bachelor of Science and Master of Science from the university in 1954 and 1956
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1931· 1 entry
Born 1931-04-09.
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