Laureate

Kiyoshi Itō

1915–2008 · Japan · Male

Awards

  1. 1987

    Wolf Prize — Mathematics

    Math

    for his fundamental contributions to pure and applied probability theory, especially the creation of the stochastic differential and integral calculus.

  2. 1998

    Kyoto Prize — Basic Sciences

    Math

    Fundamental Contribution to the Stochastic Analysis, through His Invention of Stochastic Differential Equations, Which Have Been Applied in Various Sciences