Paul J. Cohen, Fields Medal 1966

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Paul Joseph Cohen

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Birthplace: Long Branch, Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States
Death: March 23, 2007 (72)
Stanford, Santa Clara County, California, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Abraham Cohen and Minnie Cohen
Husband of Private
Father of Private; Private and Private
Brother of Private; Sylvia Paulette aka Silvia Montague and Rubyn Cohen
Half brother of Syvia Cohen

Managed by: Martin Severin Eriksen
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About Paul J. Cohen, Fields Medal 1966

http://news.stanford.edu/news/2007/april4/cohen-040407.html

Paul Joseph Cohen 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.

Awards

  • Bôcher Prize (1964)
  • Fields Medal (1966)
  • National Medal of Science (1967)
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Paul J. Cohen, Fields Medal 1966's Timeline

1934
April 2, 1934
Long Branch, Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States
2007
March 23, 2007
Age 72
Stanford, Santa Clara County, California, United States