Hugh Woodin

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Hugh Woodin is an American logician and set theorist renowned for his work on large cardinals, determinacy, and the foundations of mathematics.

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instanceOf human ⓘ
logician ⓘ
mathematician ⓘ
set theorist ⓘ
awardReceived Gödel Lecture (American Mathematical Society) ⓘ
Hausdorff Medal (European Set Theory Society) ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
doctoralAdvisor W. Hugh Woodin Sr. (unknown/uncertain) ⓘ
educatedAt California Institute of Technology ⓘ
University of California, Berkeley ⓘ
employer Harvard University ⓘ
University of California, Berkeley ⓘ
familyName Woodin ⓘ
linked to: Hugh Woodin
fieldOfWork foundations of mathematics ⓘ
mathematical logic ⓘ
set theory ⓘ
givenName Hugh ⓘ
hasAcademicDiscipline philosophy of set theory ⓘ
pure mathematics ⓘ
influenced modern set theory ⓘ
research on the continuum problem ⓘ
influencedBy Donald A. Martin ⓘ
Kurt Gödel ⓘ
Paul Cohen ⓘ
W. Hugh Woodin Sr. (uncertain) ⓘ
knownFor Woodin cardinals ⓘ
axioms of determinacy ⓘ
descriptive set theory ⓘ
determinacy ⓘ
inner model theory ⓘ
large cardinals ⓘ
work on the continuum hypothesis ⓘ
Ω-logic ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
memberOf American Mathematical Society ⓘ
name Hugh Woodin ⓘ
notableConcept Woodin cardinal ⓘ
strong axioms of infinity ⓘ
notableStudent Itay Neeman ⓘ
Ralf Schindler ⓘ
occupation university professor ⓘ
positionHeld Chair of the Harvard Mathematics Department ⓘ
Professor of Mathematics ⓘ
researchInterest continuum hypothesis ⓘ
determinacy of infinite games ⓘ
inner models with large cardinals ⓘ
large cardinal axioms ⓘ

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Hugh Woodin → familyName → Woodin ⓘ
linked to: Hugh Woodin