Akihiro Kanamori Explained

is a Japanese-born American mathematician. He specializes in set theory and is the author of the monograph on large cardinals, The Higher Infinite.^[1] He has written several essays on the history of mathematics, especially set theory.

Kanamori graduated from California Institute of Technology and earned a Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge (King's College), and is a professor of mathematics at Boston University.

With Matthew Foreman, Kanamori is the editor of the Handbook of Set Theory (2010).^[2]

Selected publications

• A. Kanamori, M. Magidor: The evolution of large cardinal axioms in set theory, in: Higher set theory (Proc. Conf., Math. Forschungsinst., Oberwolfach, 1977), Lecture Notes in Mathematics, 669, Springer, 99 - 275.
• R. M. Solovay, W. N. Reinhardt, A. Kanamori: Strong axioms of infinity and elementary embeddings, Annals of Mathematical Logic, 13(1978), 73 - 116.
• A. Kanamori: The Higher Infinite. Large Cardinals in Set Theory from their Beginnings., Perspectives in Mathematical Logic. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1994. xxiv+536 pp.

Honors

Marshall Scholarship

External links

• Kanamori's homepage with selected publications
• Short CV

Notes and References

1. Reviews of The Higher Infinite:
   • F. R. Drake, Bulletin of the London Mathematical Society,
   • Joel David Hamkins, Studia Logica,
   • Azriel Lévy, Journal of Symbolic Logic,,
   • Pierre Matet,
   • M. Weese,
   • P. D. Welch, Proceedings of the Edinburgh Mathematical Society,
2. http://handbook.assafrinot.com/ Unofficial collection of some chapters of the Handbook of Set Theory