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Paul Cohen
American mathematician · United States · On the map · Academics · Lived 1934 to 2007 · aged 72
Paul Joseph Cohen 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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2007Died23 March 20071969Guggenheim FellowshipAward1967National Medal of ScienceAward1966Fields medalAward1964Bôcher Memorial PrizeAward1934Born2 April 1934
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Academics
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Lived 1934 to 2007 · aged 72
