Goro Shimura

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Goro Shimura was a Japanese mathematician renowned for his foundational work in number theory and arithmetic geometry, including the Shimura–Taniyama conjecture that played a key role in the proof of Fermat’s Last Theorem.

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instanceOf Japanese mathematician
human
mathematician
number theorist
areaOfInfluence Langlands program
modern number theory
awardReceived Asahi Prize
Cole Prize in Number Theory
Japan Academy Prize
birthDate 1930-02-23
birthPlace Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan
linked to: Hamamatsu
contributedTo development of the theory of modular curves and modular forms
formulation and popularization of the Shimura–Taniyama conjecture
countryOfCitizenship Japan
deathDate 2019-05-03
doctoralAdvisor Yutaka Taniyama
educatedAt University of Tokyo
employer Princeton University
fieldOfWork algebraic geometry
arithmetic geometry
automorphic forms
modular forms
number theory
gender male
influenced Andrew Wiles
many researchers in number theory and arithmetic geometry
influencedBy André Weil
Yutaka Taniyama
knownFor Eichler–Shimura theory
Shimura correspondence
Shimura lift
Shimura reciprocity law
Shimura varieties
Shimura–Taniyama conjecture
contributions to the proof of Fermat’s Last Theorem via modularity
work on complex multiplication
languageOfWorkOrName English
Japanese
memberOf American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Japan Academy
name Goro Shimura
nativeName 志村五郎
notableStudent Shou-Wu Zhang
notableWork Abelian Varieties with Complex Multiplication and Modular Functions
Arithmetic of Elliptic Curves
Automorphic Forms and the Reciprocity Law
Introduction to the Arithmetic Theory of Automorphic Functions
The Map of My Life: The Story of a Japanese Mathematician
positionHeld professor of mathematics at Princeton University
workLocation Princeton, New Jersey, United States

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