Table of Contents

General Background in Logic Zermelo-Fraenkel Set Theory The Consistsency of the Continuum Hypothesis and the Axiom of Choice The Independence of the Continuum Hypothetis and the Axiom of Choice References

About the Author

A renowned mathematician, professor, and theorist, the late Paul J. Cohen won two of the most prestigious awards in mathematics: the American Mathematical Society's Bôcher Prize in 1964, for analysis; and the Fields Medal, the "Nobel Prize" of mathematics, in 1966, for logic.