Sigekatu Kuroda

Sigekatu Kuroda (黒田 成勝, Kuroda Shigekatsu, 11 November 1905 – 3 November 1972) was a Japanese mathematician who worked in number theory and mathematical logic.[1]

Sigekatu Kuroda
Born	11 November 1905 Tokyo, Japan
Died	3 November 1972 Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Nationality	Japan
Alma mater	Tokyo Imperial University (Ph.D., 1945)
Scientific career
Fields	Mathematics
Institutions	Tokyo Women's Normal School Nagoya University (1942–1963) University of Maryland (1962–1972)
Doctoral advisor	Teiji Takagi

In 1942 he became a professor at the newly founded Nagoya Imperial University, where he stayed for over twenty years. He is responsible for much of the effort in setting up its Department of Mathematics.[2]

He was married to the renowned number theorist Teiji Takagi's daughter Yakeo. The couple had three sons, all of whom became mathematicians, including S.-Y. Kuroda, who was a professor of linguistics at University of California, San Diego.[3]

He published a text on Foundations of Number Theory with Tomio Kubota in 1963.

References

1. O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "Sigekatu Kuroda", MacTutor History of Mathematics archive, University of St Andrews.
2. H. W. Leopoldt (1975). "Obituary : Sigekatu Kuroda (November 11, 1905–November 3, 1972)" (PDF). J. Number Theory. 7. pp. 1–4.
3. "Obituary for S.-Y. Kuroda, UCSD Linguistics Department".