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Paul Cohen
Also known as Paul Joseph Cohen, Paul J, Paul J. Cohen
American mathematician
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- Died
- 1932
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- 17
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- The discovery of Europe
- The spirit of France
- The spirit of London
- The spirit of Paris
- [Paris.] The Spirit of Paris. (Translation by Alan Harris.) [With plates.].
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Paul Joseph Cohen (April 2, 1934 – March 23, 2007) was an American mathematician, 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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1934 births2007 deaths20th-century American mathematicians21st-century American mathematiciansAmerican people of Polish-Jewish descentBrooklyn College alumniFields MedalistsInstitute for Advanced Study visiting scholarsMathematicians from New York (state)Members of the American Philosophical SocietyMembers of the United States National Academy of Sciences