Paul J. Cohen | |
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Born | Long Branch, New Jersey, U.S. | April 2, 1934
Died | March 23, 2007 Stanford, California, U.S. | (aged 72)
Alma mater | University of Chicago (MS, PhD) |
Known for | Cohen forcing Continuum hypothesis |
Awards | Bôcher Prize (1964) Fields Medal (1966) National Medal of Science (1967) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Mathematics |
Institutions | Stanford University |
Doctoral advisor | Antoni Zygmund |
Doctoral students | Peter Sarnak |
Paul Joseph Cohen (April 2, 1934 – March 23, 2007)[1] 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.[2]