Shoshichi Kobayashi | |
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Born | Kōfu, Japan | 4 January 1932
Died | 29 August 2012 Kofu, Yamanashi, Japan | (aged 80)
Nationality | Japanese |
Known for | Kobayashi–Hitchin correspondence Kobayashi metric |
Awards | Geometry prize (1987) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Mathematics |
Institutions | University of California, Berkeley |
Doctoral advisor | Carl B. Allendoerfer |
Doctoral students |
Shoshichi Kobayashi (小林 昭七, Kobayashi Shōshichi, 4 January 1932 – 29 August 2012)[1] was a Japanese mathematician. He was the eldest brother of electrical engineer and computer scientist Hisashi Kobayashi.[2] His research interests were in Riemannian and complex manifolds, transformation groups of geometric structures, and Lie algebras.