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Quotes from Set Theory and the Continuum Hypothesis — Paul Cohen

1934–2007 United States

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The object of mathematics is to discover "true" theorems. We shall use the term "valid" to describe statements formed according to certain rules and then shall discuss how this notion compares with the intuitive idea of "true".

Set Theory and the Continuum Hypothesis (1966)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Paul Cohen (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.