Paul Cohen and forcing in 1963

DOI10.1007/s00283-011-9241-4zbMath1230.03006MaRDI QIDQ645317

Reuben Hersh

Publication date: 14 November 2011

Published in: The Mathematical Intelligencer (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00283-011-9241-4

zbMATH Keywords

forcing; independence of CH; Paul J. Cohen

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

01A60: History of mathematics in the 20th century

01A70: Biographies, obituaries, personalia, bibliographies

03E35: Consistency and independence results

03E50: Continuum hypothesis and Martin's axiom

03-03: History of mathematical logic and foundations

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