Background
Jimbo, Michio was born on November 28, 1951 in Chiba, Chiba, Japan. Son of Tsunehiko and Shimane (Hyôdô) Jimbo.
神保 道夫
mathematician university professor
Jimbo, Michio was born on November 28, 1951 in Chiba, Chiba, Japan. Son of Tsunehiko and Shimane (Hyôdô) Jimbo.
Bachelor of Science, U. Tokyo, 1974; Master of Science, Kyoto (Japan) U., 1976; Doctor of Philosophy, Kyoto (Japan) U., 1986.
After graduating from the University of Tokyo in 1974, he studied under Mikio Sato at the Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences in Kyoto University. He has made important contributions to mathematical physics, including (independently of Vladimir Drinfeld) the initial development of the study of quantum groups.
Member Japan Mathematics Society (Autumn prize 1987).
Married Yasuko Matsui, March 22,1981.