Robert Solovay

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gptkbp:instanceOf Mathematician
gptkbp:academicAdvisor Alfred Tarski
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:University_of_California,_Berkeley
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:University_of_California,_Berkeley
gptkbp:awards Fellow_of_the_American_Mathematical_Society
Fellow_of_the_American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences
gptkbp:birthDate 1938-03-02
gptkbp:birthPlace New_York_City,_New_York,_USA
gptkbp:children 2
gptkbp:contribution Contributed to the foundations of mathematics
Contributed to the philosophy of mathematics
Contributed to the independence of the continuum hypothesis
Contributed to the study of definable sets
Contributed to the study of large cardinals
Contributed to the theory of forcing
Developed_the_concept_of_Solovay_model
gptkbp:field Mathematics
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Robert Solovay
gptkbp:influenced Philosophy of mathematics
Mathematical foundations
Mathematical logic community
Set theory community
Set theory research
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Paul_Cohen
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Solovay_model_of_set_theory
Mathematical logic
Set theory
Influence on mathematical logic
Research on large cardinals
Contributions to forcing in set theory
Contributions to the theory of definable sets
Philosophical contributions to mathematics
Research on model theory
Research on set-theoretic topology
Solovay's_theorem_on_the_independence_of_the_continuum_hypothesis
gptkbp:nationality American
gptkbp:notableAlumni gptkb:Solovay_model
gptkb:Solovay's_theorem
gptkbp:occupation Professor
gptkbp:researchFocus Model theory
Forcing
Large cardinals
Set-theoretic topology
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Ruth_Solovay