Shizuo Kakutani

Shizuo Kakutani
角谷 静夫
Kakutani in 1970
Born	(1911-08-28)August 28, 1911 Osaka, Japan
Died	August 17, 2004(2004-08-17) (aged 92) New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Tohoku University
Known for	Kakutani fixed-point theorem Markov–Kakutani fixed-point theorem Kakutani's theorem (geometry) Kakutani–Rokhlin lemma Riesz–Markov–Kakutani representation theorem
Spouse	Keiko ("Kay") Uchida
Children	Michiko Kakutani
Scientific career
Fields	Mathematics
Institutions	Yale University
Doctoral advisor	Tatsujiro Shimizu
Doctoral students	Roy Adler Robert M. Anderson Anatole Beck Alexandra Bellow

Shizuo Kakutani (角谷 静夫, Kakutani Shizuo, August 28, 1911 – August 17, 2004) was a Japanese and American mathematician, best known for his eponymous fixed-point theorem.