Sōichi Kakeya

Sōichi Kakeya
Born	(1886-01-18)18 January 1886
Died	9 January 1947(1947-01-09) (aged 60)
Fields	Mathematician

Sōichi Kakeya (掛谷宗一, Kakeya Sōichi, January 18, 1886 – January 9, 1947) was a Japanese mathematician who worked mainly in mathematical analysis and who posed the Kakeya problem and solved the transportation problem. He received the Imperial Prize of the Japan Academy in 1928, and was elected to the Japan Academy in 1934.

References

Kakeya, Soichi (1917), "Some problems on maximum and minimum regarding ovals", Tohoku science reports 6: 71–88
Japan academy
Transportation problem

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 39241957 LCCN: nr92030178 NDL: 00025032

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