---
title: "1 Goro Shimura Quotes - Famous Mathematician"
description: "Japanese mathematician (1930-2019)... | Gorō Shimura was a Japanese mathematician and Michael Henry Strater Professor Emeritus of Mathematics at Prince..."
image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/555/goro-shimura-240403_failure_he-was-not-a-very-careful-person-as-a-ma_940124.jpg"
---

# Goro Shimura

(1930–2019)   Mathematician

 **1** quotes in **1** categories

Rate this collection:  ★ ★ ★ ★ ★   No ratings yet

Goro Shimura was a mathematician.

## Quick Facts About Goro Shimura

Born February 23, 1930

Died May 3, 2019

Profession Mathematician

## About Goro Shimura

Japanese mathematician (1930-2019)... \| Gorō Shimura was a Japanese mathematician and Michael Henry Strater Professor Emeritus of Mathematics at Princeton University who worked in number theory, automorphic forms, and arithmetic geometry. He was known for developing the theory of complex multiplication of abelian varieties and Shimura va

##  Quotes by Goro Shimura

> [“He was not a very careful person as a mathematician. He made a lot of mistakes. But he made mistakes in a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/goro-shimura/he-was-not-a-very-careful-person-as-a-mathematician-he-made-a-lot-of/)

[Goro Shimura](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/goro-shimura/)

[Failure](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/failure/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/555/goro-shimura-240403_failure_he-was-not-a-very-careful-person-as-a-ma_940124.jpg)

```json
{
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@graph": [
        {
            "@type": "ItemList",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/goro-shimura/#itemlist",
            "name": "Goro Shimura Quotes",
            "numberOfItems": 1,
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "“He was not a very careful person as a mathematician. He made a lot of mistakes. But he made mistakes in a good direction. I tried to imitate him. But I've realized that it's very difficult to make good mistakes.”",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Goro Shimura"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/goro-shimura/he-was-not-a-very-careful-person-as-a-mathematician-he-made-a-lot-of/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/555/goro-shimura-240403_failure_he-was-not-a-very-careful-person-as-a-ma_940124.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/555/goro-shimura-240403_failure_he-was-not-a-very-careful-person-as-a-ma_940124.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/555/goro-shimura-240403_failure_he-was-not-a-very-careful-person-as-a-ma_940124.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“He was not a very careful person as a mathematician. He made a lot of mistakes. But he made mistakes in a…” — Goro Shimura",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "Person",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/goro-shimura/#person",
            "name": "Goro Shimura",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/goro-shimura/",
            "description": "Japanese mathematician (1930-2019)... | Gorō Shimura  was a Japanese mathematician and Michael Henry Strater Professor Emeritus of Mathematics at Princeton University who worked in number theory, automorphic forms, and arithmetic geometry. He was known for developing the theory of complex multiplication of abelian varieties and Shimura va"
        },
        {
            "@type": "ProfilePage",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/goro-shimura/#webpage",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/goro-shimura/",
            "name": "Goro Shimura",
            "isPartOf": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website"
            },
            "mainEntity": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/goro-shimura/#person"
            },
            "primaryImageOfPage": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/555/goro-shimura-240403_failure_he-was-not-a-very-careful-person-as-a-ma_940124.jpg"
            },
            "description": "Japanese mathematician (1930-2019)... | Gorō Shimura  was a Japanese mathematician and Michael Henry Strater Professor Emeritus of Mathematics at Prince...",
            "breadcrumb": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/goro-shimura/#breadcrumb"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "BreadcrumbList",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/goro-shimura/#breadcrumb",
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "name": "Home",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 2,
                    "name": "Quotes",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 3,
                    "name": "Authors",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/authors/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 4,
                    "name": "Goro Shimura",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/goro-shimura/"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "WebSite",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website",
            "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/",
            "publisher": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "Organization",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization",
            "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/",
            "logo": {
                "@type": "ImageObject",
                "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png",
                "width": 512,
                "height": 512
            }
        }
    ]
}
```