Professor Shuji Saito of the Department of Mathematics, Tokyo Institute of Technology was selected for the Humboldt Prize by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, an international academic activity organization of the German government.His work on algebraic geometry, high-dimensional class field theory across a wide range of arithmetic geometry, high-dimensional Hasse principle, and high-dimensional Chau group finiteness was highly evaluated.
According to the Tokyo Institute of Technology and others, the Humboldt Award is given annually by the Humboldt Foundation to researchers who have made achievements in various fields such as chemistry, physics, engineering, and mathematics, and is also called the German Nobel Prize. It is considered the most prestigious award in Germany.
Although the Humboldt Foundation has not published a list of all award winners, the number of elected people is limited to 100 each year, and they have made important achievements that will remain in posterity with basic discoveries and new theories, and will continue to be at the forefront of academics. Is selecting researchers who are expected to.
Professor Saito has completed the master's program at the University of Tokyo Graduate School. Obtained a doctoral degree in 1985, and after working as an assistant professor at the University of Tokyo, a professor at Nagoya University, and a professor at the University of Tokyo, he is in his current position.In addition to being widely known for his research on high-dimensional class field theory, he has also studied the higher-dimensionalization of Abel's theorem and the algebraic cycle.
Professor Saito received the award, saying, "The truth of mathematics is beautiful. We mathematicians are making efforts to explore the truth. We played a part in this important activity of humankind and contributed even a little. I feel lucky. "
