Imai Isao

Imai Isao ( Japanese 今井 功 ; born October 7, 1914 in Dalian China; died October 24, 2004 in Tōkyō ) was a Japanese physicist specializing in aerodynamics .

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Imai Isao graduated from the Faculty of Natural Sciences at Tōkyō University in 1936 . In 1950 he became a professor at his alma mater. When he retired, he was adopted as "Meiyo Kyōju". He then took over a professorship at Osaka University in 1975 , then a professorship at Kōgakuin University (工学院 大学), which also adopted him in 1987 as Meiyo Kyōju.

In the years before and after the Pacific War , Imai dealt with the flow behavior just below and above the speed of sound. Imai solved a number of fluid dynamics problems with the help of advanced analytical methods based on complex analysis.

In 1950 Imai received the Asahi Prize , in 1958 he was awarded the Imperial Promotion Prize (恩賜 賞, Onshi-shō) of the Academy of Sciences . In 1979 he was honored as a person with special cultural merits and in 1988 he was awarded the Order of Culture .

Among Imai's writings appeared in the series "Mathematics and its Applications" in English: "Applied Hyperfunction Theory". Springer, 1992. ISBN 978-94-010-5125-5 . 438 pp.

Remarks

1. ↑ At the University of Tōkyō without exception upon reaching the age of 60.
2. ↑ Meiyo Kyōju (名誉 教授) is occasionally rendered in German as "Professor emeritus". But in contrast to this title, which is automatically used on retirement, this is a special award only occasionally granted in Japan.

literature

• S. Noma (Ed.): Imai Isao . In: Japan. An Illustrated Encyclopedia. Kodansha, 1993. ISBN 4-06-205938-X , p. 591.

Web links

• Biographies Imai Isao in the Kotobank, Japanese

Japanese name: As is common in Japan, the family name comes before the first name in this article . So Imai is the family name, Isao the first name.