Akihiro Kanamori | |
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金森 晶洋 | |
Born | Tokyo, Japan | October 23, 1948
Alma mater | California Institute of Technology, University of Cambridge |
Known for | The Higher Infinite |
Spouse | Tamara Awerbuch-Friedlander (until divorce) |
Children | 2 sons |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Mathematics |
Institutions | Boston University |
Thesis | Ultrafilters over uncountable cardinals (1975) |
Akihiro Kanamori (金森 晶洋, Kanamori Akihiro, born October 23, 1948 in Tokyo) is a Japanese-born American mathematician. He specializes in set theory and is the author of the monograph on large cardinals, The Higher Infinite.[1] He has written several essays on the history of mathematics, especially set theory.
Kanamori graduated from California Institute of Technology and earned a Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge (King's College), and is a professor of mathematics at Boston University.
With Matthew Foreman, Kanamori is the editor of the Handbook of Set Theory (2010).[2]