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Kiyoshi Itō

Japanese mathematician who pioneered stochastic calculus (1915-2008) · Japan · Academics · Died at 93

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Kiyosi Itô was a Japanese mathematician who made fundamental contributions to probability theory, in particular, the theory of stochastic processes. He invented the concept of stochastic integral and stochastic differential equation, and is known as the founder of so-called Itô calculus.

A life in dates

2008Died10 November 2008Order of CultureAward2006Carl Friedrich Gauss PrizeAward2003Person of Cultural MeritAward1998Kyoto Prize in Basic SciencesAward1987Wolf Prize in MathematicsAward1981Doctor Honoris Causa from the Pierre and Marie Curie UniversityAward1978Asahi PrizeAwardImperial Prize of Japan AcademyAward1915Born7 September 1915

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Itô (right) with Issei Shiraishi in 1935. Shiraishi later became a mathematician.Itô (right) with Issei Shiraishi in 1935. Shiraishi later became a mathematician.Kiyosi Itô (right) with his brother Seizō Itō in 1937. Seizō later became a mathematician.Kiyosi Itô (right) with his brother Seizō Itō in 1937. Seizō later became a mathematician.Itô at the Cabinet Statistics Bureau in 1940Itô at the Cabinet Statistics Bureau in 1940Itô, 1954Itô, 1954Itô c. 1991Itô c. 1991

Awards

Order of Culture2008
Carl Friedrich Gauss Prize2006
Person of Cultural Merit2003
Kyoto Prize in Basic Sciences1998
Wolf Prize in Mathematics1987
Doctor Honoris Causa from the Pierre and Marie Curie University1981
Imperial Prize of Japan Academy1978
Asahi Prize1978

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Sibling: Seizō Itō

About this person

Kiyosi Itô was a Japanese mathematician who made fundamental contributions to probability theory, in particular, the theory of stochastic processes. He invented the concept of stochastic integral and stochastic differential equation, and is known as the founder of so-called Itô calculus. He also pioneered the connections between stochastic calculus and differential geometry, known as stochastic differential geometry. He was invited for the International Congress of Mathematicians in Stockholm in 1962. So much were Itô's results useful to financial mathematics that he was sometimes called "the most famous Japanese in Wall Street".

Country
Japan
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1915 to 2008 · aged 93

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John TateBoth received Wolf Prize in MathematicsDennis SullivanBoth received Wolf Prize in MathematicsElliott H. LiebBoth received Carl Friedrich Gauss PrizeFriedrich HirzebruchBoth received Wolf Prize in MathematicsElias M. SteinBoth received Wolf Prize in MathematicsYves MeyerBoth received Carl Friedrich Gauss Prize

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