Paul Joseph Cohen
1934 - 2007
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Cohen used a technique called forcing to prove the independence in set theory of the axiom of choice and of the generalised continuum hypothesis.
Mathematicians born in the same country
| Honours awarded to Paul Cohen (Click below for those honoured in this way) | |
| AMS Bôcher Prize | 1964 |
| Fields Medal | 1966 |
| LMS Honorary Member | 1973 |
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