Kentaro Yano | |
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| 矢野健太郎 | |
| Born | March 1, 1912 |
| Died | December 25, 1993 (aged 81) |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Citizenship | Japan |
| Alma mater | University of Tokyo, Japan |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Differential geometry, Riemannian Geometry |
| Institutions | University of Tokyo, Tokyo Institute of Technology |
| Thesis | [Sur la théorie des espaces à connexion conforme Les espaces à connexion projective et la géométrie projective des "paths"[1]] (1938) |
| Doctoral advisor | Elie Cartan |
| Doctoral students | Tadashi Nagano |
| Other notable students | Shoshichi Kobayashi |
Kentaro Yano (1 March 1912 in Tokyo, Japan – 25 December 1993) was a mathematician working on differential geometry[2] who introduced the Bochner–Yano theorem.
He also published a classical book about geometric objects (i.e., sections of natural fiber bundles) and Lie derivatives of these objects.