Kiyoshi Oka

Kiyoshi Oka
Kiyoshi Oka in 1973
Born(1901-04-19)April 19, 1901
DiedMarch 1, 1978(1978-03-01) (aged 76)
NationalityJapanese
Alma materKyoto Imperial University
Known forOka coherence theorem
Oka's lemma
Oka–Weil theorem
Plurisubharmonic function
AwardsAsahi Prize (1953)
Japan Academy Prize (1951)
Order of Culture (1960)
Order of the Sacred Treasure, 1st class (1973)
Scientific career
FieldsMathematician
InstitutionsKyoto Imperial University
Hiroshima University
Hokkaido University
Nara Women's University
Kyoto Sangyo University

Kiyoshi Oka (岡 潔, Oka Kiyoshi, April 19, 1901 – March 1, 1978) was a Japanese mathematician who did fundamental work in the theory of several complex variables.