Kiyoshi Oka

Kiyoshi Oka
Kiyoshi Oka in 1973
Born	(1901-04-19)April 19, 1901 Osaka, Japan
Died	March 1, 1978(1978-03-01) (aged 76) Japan
Nationality	Japanese
Alma mater	Kyoto Imperial University
Known for	Oka coherence theorem Oka's lemma Oka–Weil theorem Plurisubharmonic function
Awards	Asahi Prize (1953) Japan Academy Prize (1951) Order of Culture (1960) Order of the Sacred Treasure, 1st class (1973)
Scientific career
Fields	Mathematician
Institutions	Kyoto Imperial University Hiroshima University Hokkaido University Nara Women's University Kyoto Sangyo University

Kiyoshi Oka (岡 潔, Oka Kiyoshi, April 19, 1901 – March 1, 1978) was a Japanese mathematician who did fundamental work in the theory of several complex variables.