 Jack Silver, American mathematician, at Berkeley. Image by George Bergman, via Wikimedia Commons. Licensed GFDL 1.2 |
Jack SilversJack Silver Jack Silver American mathematician (1942–2016) For the American boxer, see Jack Silver (boxer). Jack Howard Silver (23 April 1942 – 22 December 2016[1]) was an American set theorist and logician at the University of California, Berkeley. Silver made several contributions to set theory in the areas of large cardinals and the constructible universe L. Quick facts Born, Died ... Jack Silver Jack Silver in 1986 (photo by George Bergman) Born Jack Howard Silver (1942-04-23)April 23, 1942 Missoula, Montana, U.S. Died December 22, 2016(2016-12-22) (aged 74) Nationality American Alma mater University of California, Berkeley Known for Silver forcing Scientific career Fields Mathematics Institutions University of California, Berkeley Thesis Some Applications of Model Theory in Set Theory (1966) Doctoral advisor… (Source: Wikipedia)
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