Shizuo Kakutani | |
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角谷 静夫 | |
 Kakutani in 1970 | |
| Born | August 28, 1911 Osaka, Japan |
| Died | August 17, 2004 (aged 92) New Haven, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Tohoku University |
| Known for | Kakutani fixed-point theorem Markov–Kakutani fixed-point theorem Kakutani's theorem (geometry) Kakutani–Rokhlin lemma Riesz–Markov–Kakutani representation theorem |
| Spouse | Keiko ("Kay") Uchida |
| Children | Michiko Kakutani |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | Yale University |
| Doctoral advisor | Tatsujiro Shimizu |
| Doctoral students | Roy Adler Robert M. Anderson Anatole Beck Alexandra Bellow |
Shizuo Kakutani (角谷 静夫, Kakutani Shizuo, August 28, 1911 – August 17, 2004) was a Japanese and American mathematician, best known for his eponymous fixed-point theorem.