14 Facts About Shokichi Iyanaga

Shokichi Iyanaga studied at the University of Tokyo from 1926 to 1929.

In 1931, Iyanaga obtained a scholarship from the French government.

Shokichi Iyanaga went to Hamburg, Germany where he studied with Austrian mathematician Emil Artin.

Shokichi Iyanaga returned to Tokyo in 1934 and was appointed Assistant Professor at the University of Tokyo.

Shokichi Iyanaga managed to solve a question of Artin on generalizing the principal ideal theorem and this was published in 1939.

Shokichi Iyanaga did publish many papers which arose through several courses such as algebraic topology, functional analysis, and geometry, which he taught.

Shokichi Iyanaga became professor at the University of Tokyo in 1942, during World War II.

Shokichi Iyanaga was busy in editing textbooks from primary and secondary schools and he continued to give courses and organise seminars.

Shokichi Iyanaga became a member of the Executive Committee of the International Mathematical Union in 1952.

Shokichi Iyanaga was responsible for organizing the International Congress of Mathematicians in Amsterdam in 1954, which he attended.

Shokichi Iyanaga was President of the International Commission on Mathematical Instruction from 1957 to 1978.

Shokichi Iyanaga became Dean of the faculty of Science at the University of Tokyo in 1965, a position he held until his retirement in 1967.

Shokichi Iyanaga received the Rising Sun from Japan in 1976.

Shokichi Iyanaga was elected a member of the Japan Academy in 1978.