Thomas Jech
Mathematician, Author
1944 –
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Who is Thomas Jech?
Thomas J. Jech is a mathematician specializing in set theory who was at Penn State for more than 25 years. He was educated at Charles University and is now at the Institute of Mathematics of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic. Jech's research also includes mathematical logic, algebra, analysis, topology and measure theory.
Jech gave the first published proof of the consistency of the existence of a Suslin line. With Karel Prikry, he introduced the notion of precipitous ideal. He gave several models where AC failed, for example one with ω₁ measurable.
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- Born
- Jan 29, 1944
Prague - Also known as
- Thomas J. Jech
- Nationality
- Czech Republic
- Profession
- Education
- Charles University in Prague
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on July 23, 2013
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