Masayoshi Nagata | |
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| Born | February 9, 1927 |
| Died | August 27, 2008 (aged 81) Kyoto, Japan |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Alma mater | Nagoya University |
| Known for | Nagata ring Nagata's conjecture Nagata's conjecture on curves Nagata's compactification theorem Chevalley–Iwahori–Nagata theorem Zariski–Nagata purity Mori–Nagata theorem Analytically irreducible ring |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | Kyoto University |
| Thesis | Research on the 14th problem of Hilbert (1957) |
| Doctoral advisor | Tadasi Nakayama |
| Doctoral students | Shigefumi Mori |
Masayoshi Nagata (Japanese: 永田 雅宜 Nagata Masayoshi; February 9, 1927 – August 27, 2008) was a Japanese mathematician, known for his work in the field of commutative algebra.