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Kenkichi iwasawa biography of rory
Kenkichi Iwasawa
Japanese mathematician
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.
Biography
Iwasawa was born in Shinshuku-mura, a town near Kiryū, in Gunma Prefecture. He attended elementary school there, but later moved to Tokyo to attend Musashi High School.[1]
From 1937 to 1940 Iwasawa studied as an undergraduate at the University of Tokyo, after which he entered graduate school at the same institution and became an assistant in the Department of Mathematics.[2] In 1945 he was awarded a Doctor of Science degree.[1] However, this same year Iwasawa became sick with pleurisy, and was unable to return to his position at the university until April 1947.[2][1] From 1949 to 1955 he worked as assistant professor at the University of Tokyo.[1]
In 1950, Iwasawa was invited to Cambridge, Massa