Hiroaki Terao

Hiroaki Terao
Born (1951-08-13) August 13, 1951
Alma materUniversity of Tokyo
Kyoto University
Known forArrangement of hyperplanes
AwardsMSJ Algebra Prize (2010)
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
InstitutionsInternational Christian University
University of Wisconsin–Madison
Tokyo Metropolitan University
Hokkaido University
Doctoral advisorKyoji Saito

Hiroaki Terao (寺尾 宏明, Hiroaki Terao; born August 13, 1951) is a Japanese mathematician, known as, with Peter Orlik and Louis Solomon, a pioneer of the theory of arrangements of hyperplanes. He was awarded a Mathematical Society of Japan Algebra Prize in 2010.