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Heisuke Hironaka

Japanese mathematician

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Born: 1931-04-09
Died: 2026-03-18
Works: 10

Top works

Introduction to real-analytic sets and real-analytic maps
The resolution of singularities of an algebraic variety over a field of Characteristic zero
On some formal imbeddings
Formal functions and formal imbeddings
Characteristic polyhedra of singularities

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Type: Person
Country: JP

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5 total works indexed

P2-type Nax[Fe1/2Mn1/2]O2 made from earth-abundant elements for rechargeable Na batteries
· 2012 · cited 2,184x
Ramucirumab plus paclitaxel versus placebo plus paclitaxel in patients with previously treated advanced gastric or gastro-oesophageal junction adenocarcinoma (RAINBOW): a double-blind, randomised phase 3 trial

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Doctor of Philosophy

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1931 births 2026 deaths 20th-century Japanese mathematicians 21st-century Japanese mathematicians Academic staff of Kyoto University Algebraic geometers Brandeis University faculty Columbia University faculty Fields Medalists Foreign members of the Russian Academy of Sciences Harvard University alumni Harvard University Department of Mathematics faculty

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· 2014 · cited 2,024x

Resolution of Singularities of an Algebraic Variety Over a Field of Characteristic Zero: I

· 1964 · cited 1,096x

Pembrolizumab versus paclitaxel for previously treated, advanced gastric or gastro-oesophageal junction cancer (KEYNOTE-061): a randomised, open-label, controlled, phase 3 trial

· 2018 · cited 1,076x

Transcriptional Regulation of ROS Controls Transition from Proliferation to Differentiation in the Root

· 2010 · cited 942x

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Quotes

“as quoted by Allyn Jackson: (quote from p. 1015)”

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Key dates

Born: 9 April 1931
Died: 18 March 2026

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Instance of: human
Gender: male
Citizenship: Japan
Place of birth: Yamaguchi
Place of death: Tokyo
Spouse: Wakako Hironaka
Occupation: university teacher
Educated at: Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques
Employer: Yamaguchi University
Languages spoken: Japanese
Native language: Japanese
Doctoral advisor: Oscar Zariski
Field of work: mathematics
Image: Hironaka heisuke 1976.jpg

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P463: Russian Academy of Sciences
P802: June Huh
P6104: WikiProject Mathematics
P2650: mathematics

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Maryam Mirzakhani

abstract algebra

Kyoto University

Grigori Perelman

Legion of Honour

algebraic geometry

University of St Andrews

Alexander Grothendieck

Complutense University of Madrid

Seoul National University

Institute for Advanced Study visiting scholars

Knights of the Legion of Honour

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Members of the French Academy of Sciences

People from Iwakuni, Yamaguchi

Recipients of the Order of Culture

Scientists from Yamaguchi Prefecture

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