Gorō Shimura | |
|---|---|
| Born | 23 February 1930 |
| Died | 3 May 2019 (aged 89) |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Alma mater | University of Tokyo |
| Known for | Complex multiplication of abelian varieties Eichler-Shimura relation Modularity theorem Shimura correspondence Shimura variety Shimura subgroup |
| Awards | Guggenheim Fellowship (1970) Cole Prize (1977) Asahi Prize (1991) Steele Prize (1996) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | Princeton University |
| Doctoral students | Don Blasius Bill Casselman Melvin Hochster Robert Rumely Alice Silverberg |
Gorō Shimura (志村 五郎, Shimura Gorō, 23 February 1930 – 3 May 2019) was a Japanese mathematician and Michael Henry Strater Professor Emeritus of Mathematics at Princeton University who worked in number theory, automorphic forms, and arithmetic geometry.[1] He was known for developing the theory of complex multiplication of abelian varieties and Shimura varieties, as well as posing the Taniyama–Shimura conjecture which ultimately led to the proof of Fermat's Last Theorem.