Paul Cohen (mathematician)
Paul Joseph Cohen (April 2, 1934 – March 23, 2007) 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. Early life and education Cohen was born in Long Branch, New Jersey, into a Jewish family that had immigrated to the United States from what is now Poland; he grew up in Brooklyn.. He graduated in 1950, at age 16, from Stuyvesant High School in New York City. Cohen next studied at the Brooklyn College from 1950 to 1953, but he left without earning his bachelor's degree when he learned that he could start his graduate studies at the University of Chicago with just two years of college. At Chicago, Cohen completed his master's degree in mathematics in 1954 and his Doctor of Philosophy degree in 1958, under supervision of Antoni Zygmund. The title of his doctoral thesis was ''Topics in the Theory of Uniqueness of Tri ...
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Paul Cohen (other)
Paul Cohen (1934–2007) was an American mathematician, winner of the Fields Medal. Paul Cohen may also refer to: *Paul Cohen (record producer) (1908–1970), American country music producer *Paul Cohen (historian) (born 1934), American historian of China *Paul Cohen (designer) (born 1962), Australian industrial designer *Paul Robert Cohen (born c. 1949), appellant in the 1971 U.S. Supreme Court case ''Cohen v. California'' *Paul Cohen (saxophonist) (born c. 1950), American saxophonist and music teacher * (born 1957), Dutch film director and cinematographer *Paul Cohen (ice hockey) (born 1965), Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender *Paul S. Cohen (born 1941), American linguist See also *Paul Cohn Paul Moritz Cohn FRS (8 January 1924 – 20 April 2006) was Astor Professor of Mathematics at University College London, 1986–1989, and author of many textbooks on algebra. His work was mostly in the area of algebra, especially non-commutat ...