variety

Japanese: variety

…After graduating from the Graduate School of Mathematics at Harvard University in 1960, he served as a researcher at the Institut des Hautes Scientifiques in France, an associate professor at Brandeis University in the United States, and a professor at Columbia University, before becoming a professor at Harvard University in 1968 and a professor at Kyoto University in 1976. He has made a wide range of achievements in mathematics, but his most notable achievement is the solution of the problem of resolving singularities in varieties (algebraic varieties, real and complex analytic varieties). He received the Asahi Prize in 1967, the Japan Academy Prize and the Fields Medal in 1970, and the Order of Culture in 1975. …

[Variety]

…It refers to a group of crops or livestock that are genetically preserved in terms of excellence, uniformity, and permanence, and that are distinguished from others by their unique characteristics. In English, it is called a cultivar or variety for crops, and a race or breed for livestock. It is a practical concept that is particularly important in the agriculture, forestry, and fisheries industries.

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Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…60年ハーバード大学大学院数学科を修了後，フランス高級科学研究所研究員，アメリカ･ブランダイス大学準教授，コロンビア大学教授を経て，68年ハーバード大学教授，76年京都大学教授となる。数学における業績は幅広いが，そのもっとも著しいものは多様体variety(代数的多様体，実および複素解析的多様体)の特異点解消問題の解決である。1967年朝日賞，70年日本学士院賞，フィールズ賞を受賞，75年文化勲章受章。…