Teiji Takagi, founder of the Japanese school of modern mathematics
type: Item
instance of: scholarly article
title: Teiji Takagi, founder of the Japanese school of modern mathematics
zbMATH Open document ID: 1166.01011
author: Katsuya Miyake
published in: Japanese Journal of Mathematics. 3rd Series
publication date: 2009-02-06T00:00:00Z
review text: The present article is a lively and very useful presentation of Teiji Takagi (1875--1960)'s biography and its leading ideas about class-field theory. Beyond interesting personal details concerning this eminent mathematician, such as those concerning his family, the author depicts vividly the process of mathematical modernisation of Japan and how he was realised. Among other things, he describes Takagi's formative years in Germany and his contacts with Schwarz, Frobenius, Hilbert and other famous German mathematicians. Then, he expounds how he was lead to elaborate his ideas about class-field theory during World war I and subsequent simplifications of his initial proofs by E. Artin, E. Hasse, J. Herbrand and C. Chevalley. A short (7 items) but pertinent bibliography concludes the article and it is followed by a presentation of the Takagi lectures established in 2006.
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 01A60
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 11-03
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 01A70
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 11R37
zbMATH DE Number: 5503402
zbMATH Keywords: history of algebraic number theory
zbMATH Keywords: class field theory
zbMATH Keywords: Göttingen
reviewed by: Jean-Claude Martzloff
MaRDI profile type: Publication
full work available at URL: s11537-007-0649-8
OpenAlex ID: W2049031799
DOI: 10.1007/S11537-007-0649-8
description: scientific article; zbMATH DE number 5503402