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Paul Cohen
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American mathematician
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Paul Joseph Cohen (1934–2007) was an American mathematician, logician, and university teacher whose work focused on set theory and mathematics. Born in Long Branch, he was educated at Stuyvesant High School, Brooklyn College, and the University of Chicago, where his doctoral advisor was Antoni Zygmund. He served as a faculty member at the University of Rochester, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the Institute for Advanced Study, and Stanford University, where he died in Palo Alto.
Cohen received the Fields Medal, the Guggenheim Fellowship, the National Medal of Science, and the Bôcher Memorial Prize. He was a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the American Philosophical Society. Influenced by Georg Cantor, he supervised doctoral student Peter Sarnak. His academic output included 146 works, and he was recognized in the American Academy Arts Sciences collection.
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Person · Open Library
- Died
- 1932
- Works
- 17
Top works
- 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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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 43
- Total plays
- 354
Tags
There are 2 persons who are or have been active in the music world. 1 Paul Cohen (Jazz musician), an American tenor saxophonist, multi-instrumentalist, producer and long time collaborator with Lila Downs and joining them in the studio and on stage is harpist Celso Duarte. Paul met Lila in 1994 when he was working as a clown and juggler in a circus in Oaxaca. After 1994's La Ofrenda and 1996 Azuláo, they released their first successful album for Narada label in 1999: La Sandunga. <a href="https:
Academic profile · OpenAlex
- Works
- 146
- Cited by
- 18,180
Research areas
Most cited works
- Prdm16 determines the thermogenic program of subcutaneous white adipose tissue in mice2010 · 1,248 cit
- Loss of stearoyl–CoA desaturase-1 function protects mice against adiposity2002 · 1,103 cit
- Molecular mechanisms of cancer development in obesity2011 · 918 cit
- Ablation of PRDM16 and Beige Adipose Causes Metabolic Dysfunction and a Subcutaneous to Visceral Fat Switch2014 · 883 cit
- Role for Stearoyl-CoA Desaturase-1 in Leptin-Mediated Weight Loss2002 · 826 cit
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Nonparametric Estimation from Incomplete Observations
· 1958 · cited 70,801x
- “Mini-mental state”
· 1975 · cited 68,251x
- Research electronic data capture (REDCap)—A metadata-driven methodology and workflow process for providing translational research informatics support
· 2009 · cited 46,766x
- Cytoscape: A Software Environment for Integrated Models of Biomolecular Interaction Networks
· 2003 · cited 45,677x
- A power primer.
· 1992 · cited 41,556x
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1934-04-02 ) April 2, 1934, Long Branch, New Jersey , U.S.
- Died
- March 23, 2007 (2007-03-23) (aged 72), Stanford, California , U.S.
- Alma mater
- University of Chicago ( MS , PhD )
- Known for
- Cohen forcing , Continuum hypothesis
- Awards
- Bôcher Prize (1964), Fields Medal (1966), National Medal of Science (1967)
- Fields
- Mathematics
- Institutions
- Stanford University
- Thesis
- Topics in the Theory of Uniqueness of Trigonometrical Series (1958)
- Doctoral advisor
- Antoni Zygmund
- Doctoral students
- Peter Sarnak
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
Early life and education
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