Paul Cohen (mathematician)
(1934-2007)
American mathematician
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Paul Joseph Cohen (April 2, 1934 – March 23, 2007) was an American mathematician. He is best known for his proofs that the continuum hypothesis and the axiom of choice are independent from Zermelo–Fraenkel set theory, for which he was awarded a Fields Medal.
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2 April 1934 Long Branch, New Jersey
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23 March 2007 (aged 72) Stanford, California, U.S.
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