Tadao Tannaka
Mathematician, Deceased Person
1908 – 1986
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Who was Tadao Tannaka?
Tadao Tannaka was a Japanese mathematician. He is best known for developing the theory of Tannaka–Krein duality, which generalizes Pontryagin duality to noncommutative compact groups.
Tannaka was born in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture. After receiving a Bachelor of Science in mathematics from Tohoku Imperial University, he was appointed a lecturer in the university in 1934 and was promoted to a full professor in 1945. He died in Tokyo.
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- Born
- Dec 27, 1908
Matsuyama - Profession
- Died
- Oct 25, 1986
Tokyo
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on July 23, 2013
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