| Takahiko Yamanouchi | |
|---|---|
| Born | July 2, 1902 Kanagawa |
| Died | October 14, 1986 (aged 84) |
| Nationality | Japan |
| Fields | Physics |
| Institutions | Imperial University of Tokyo Tokyo Higher School University of Tokyo |
| Alma mater | Imperial University of Tokyo |
| Doctoral advisor | Kwan-ichi Terazawa |
| Doctoral students | Hironari Miyazawa |
| Other notable students | Masatoshi Koshiba |
| Known for | Group theory in quantum mechanics |
| Influences | Richard Courant David Hilbert |
| Notable awards | Japan Academy Prize The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star |
Takahiko Yamanouchi (山内 恭彦 Yamanouchi Takahiko, July 2, 1902 - October 14, 1986) was a Japanese theoretical physicist, known for group theory in quantum mechanics first proposed by Yamanouchi in Japan.[1]
Yamanouchi was born in Kanagawa, graduated in physics from the Imperial University of Tokyo in 1926. From 1926 to 1927 he was a research associate at the Imperial University of Tokyo. From 1927 to 1931 he was a professor at the Tokyo Higher School. He joined the faculty of the Imperial University of Tokyo in 1929 as a lecturer of engineering and became a full professor in 1942. He was a professor of physics at the University of Tokyo from 1949 to his retirement in 1963. During 1959-1961 he was the dean of the faculty of science. In 1956 he was awarded the Japan Academy Prize for "application of group theory to the theory of atomic spectra".