Paul Cohen
Paul Cohen · Science & Medicine
Forcing method; independence of the continuum hypothesis (Fields Medal)
1934, Long Branch, New Jersey, USA — 2007, Stanford, California, USA
United States (New Jersey · Stanford, California)
Paul Cohen is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Forcing method; independence of the continuum hypothesis (Fields Medal)
Cohen invented the method of 'forcing,' proving in 1963 that the continuum hypothesis and the axiom of choice are independent of the standard axioms of set theory. Born in Long Branch, New Jersey, to a family of Jewish immigrants, he won the 1966 Fields Medal — the only one ever awarded for work in mathematical logic. Forcing remains the central technique of modern set theory.
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Forcing method; independence of the continuum hypothesis (Fields Medal)
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