Kentaro Yano (mathematician), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Kentaro Yano (mathematician)

Japanese mathematician

Date of Birth: 01-Mar-1912

Place of Birth: Tokyo, Japan

Date of Death: 01-Jan-1993

Profession: mathematician, university teacher

Nationality: Japan

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

{{Infobox scientist | name = Kentaro Yano | native_name = ????? | native_name_lang = | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | birth_date = | birth_place =(1912-03-01)March 1, 1912 | death_date = [[December 25, 1993]December 25, 1993(1993-12-25) (aged 81) | death_place = Tokyo, Japan | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | other_names = | residence = | citizenship = Japan | nationality = Japanese | fields = Differential geometry, Riemannian Geometry | workplaces = University of Tokyo, Tokyo Institute of Technology | patrons = | alma_mater = University of Tokyo, Japan | thesis_title = Les espaces à connexion projective et la géométrie projective des "paths" | thesis_url = Sur la théorie des espaces à connexion conforme | thesis_year = 1938 | doctoral_advisor = Elie Cartan | academic_advisors = | doctoral_students = Tadashi Nagano,Koichi Ogiue, Masafumi Okumura. | notable_students = | known_for = | author_abbrev_bot = | author_abbrev_zoo = | influences = Gaston Darboux, Élie Cartan. | awards = | signature = | signature_alt = | website = | footnotes = | spouse = | children = }} Kentaro Yano (1 March 1912 in Tokyo, Japan – 25 December 1993) was a mathematician working on differential geometry who introduced the Bochner–Yano theorem. He also published a classical book about geometric objects (i.e., sections of natural fiber bundles) and Lie derivatives of these objects.