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Science & Medicine

Harvey Friedman

Who

Harvey Friedman · Science & Medicine

What

Mathematical logic; reverse mathematics

When

1948, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Where

United States

Biography

Harvey Friedman is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Mathematical logic; reverse mathematics

How & why

Friedman is an American mathematical logician who helped found reverse mathematics, the program that determines exactly which axioms are needed to prove mathematical theorems, and who has probed the boundaries of provability and large-cardinal strength. He entered university and academia at a famously young age. He is documented as being of Jewish heritage.

Sources & external links

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Mathematics

Contributions & Sources

Mathematical logic; reverse mathematics

1948

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Mathematics