Mikio Sato

Mikio Sato
Mikio Sato
Born	18 April 1928; Tokyo, Empire of Japan
Died	9 January 2023 (aged 94); Kyoto, Japan
Alma mater	University of Tokyo (BSc, 1952; PhD, 1963)
Known for	Bernstein–Sato polynomials; Sato–Tate conjecture; Algebraic analysis; Holonomic quantum field; Hyperfunction; Prehomogeneous vector space;
Awards	Asahi Prize of Science (1969); Japan Academy Prize (1976); Person of Cultural Merits (1984); Rolf Schock Prize in Mathematics (1997); Wolf Prize (2003);
	Scientific career
Fields	Mathematics
Institutions	Kyoto University; University of Tokyo; Osaka University;
Thesis	Theory of hyperfunctions (1963)
Doctoral advisor	Shokichi Iyanaga
Doctoral students	Masaki Kashiwara; Takahiro Kawai;

Mikio Sato (Japanese: 佐藤幹夫, Hepburn: Satō Mikio, 18 April 1928 – 9 January 2023) was a Japanese mathematician known for founding the fields of algebraic analysis, hyperfunctions, and holonomic quantum fields. He was a professor at the Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences in Kyoto.

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