Daihachiro Sato | |
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Born | 佐藤大八郎 (Satō Daihachirō) June 1, 1932 Fujinomiya, Shizuoka, Japan |
Died | May 28, 2008 (age 75) Ladner, British Columbia, Canada |
Nationality | Japanese |
Citizenship | Japanese |
Alma mater | Tokyo University of Education University of California, Los Angeles[1][2] |
Known for | Diophantine Representation of Prime Numbers |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Mathematician |
Institutions | University of Regina Tokyo University of Social Welfare |
Doctoral advisor | Ernst G. Straus[1] |
Daihachiro Sato (佐藤 大八郎, Satō Daihachirō, June 1, 1932 – May 28, 2008) was a Japanese mathematician who was awarded the Lester R. Ford Award in 1976 for his work in number theory, specifically on his work in the Diophantine representation of prime numbers.[3] His doctoral supervisor at the University of California, Los Angeles was Ernst G. Straus.[1]