Mikio Sato

Mikio Sato
Born	(1928-04-18)18 April 1928 Tokyo, Empire of Japan
Died	9 January 2023(2023-01-09) (aged 94) Kyoto, Japan[1]
Alma mater	University of Tokyo (BSc, 1952; PhD, 1963)
Known for	Bernstein–Sato polynomials Sato–Tate conjecture Algebraic analysis Holonomic quantum field Hyperfunction Prehomogeneous vector space
Awards	Asahi Prize of Science (1969) Japan Academy Prize (1976) Person of Cultural Merits (1984) Rolf Schock Prize in Mathematics (1997) Wolf Prize (2003)
Scientific career
Fields	Mathematics
Institutions	Kyoto University University of Tokyo Osaka University
Thesis	Theory of hyperfunctions  (1963)
Doctoral advisor	Shokichi Iyanaga
Doctoral students	Masaki Kashiwara Takahiro Kawai

Mikio Sato (Japanese: 佐藤 幹夫, Hepburn: Satō Mikio, 18 April 1928 – 9 January 2023) was a Japanese mathematician known for founding the fields of algebraic analysis, hyperfunctions, and holonomic quantum fields. He was a professor at the Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences in Kyoto.