Paul Cohen

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Paul_Cohen
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gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:National_Medal_of_Science
gptkb:mathematics
gptkbp:birthDate 1934-04-02
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Long_Branch,_New_Jersey,_United_States
gptkbp:deathDate 2007-03-23
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Stanford,_California,_United_States
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor gptkb:Antoni_Zygmund
gptkbp:doctoralStudent gptkb:James_E._Baumgartner
gptkb:Richard_M._Pollack
gptkbp:employer gptkb:Stanford_University
gptkbp:ethnicGroup Jewish American
gptkbp:field gptkb:logic
gptkb:mathematics
gptkb:set_theory
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Paul Cohen
gptkbp:influenced set theorists
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Georg_Cantor
gptkb:Kurt_Gödel
gptkbp:knownFor forcing
independence of the axiom of choice
independence of the continuum hypothesis
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gptkb:National_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:notableWork Forcing method in set theory
Demonstration of the independence of the continuum hypothesis
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:mathematician
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Stanford,_California,_United_States
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Christine_Cohen
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gptkb:Peter_Sarnak
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