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Given a conjecture, the best thing is to prove it. The second best thing is to disprove it. The third best thing is to prove that it is not possible to disprove it, since it will tell you not to waste your time trying to disprove it. That's what Godel did for the Continuum Hypothesis.

Saharon Shelah

Saharon Shelah

Saharon Shelah

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Born: July 3, 1945 (age 79)

Bio: Saharon Shelah is an Israeli mathematician. He is a professor of mathematics at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Rutgers University in New Jersey.

Known for:

Proper and Improper Forcing (1998)
Cardinal arithmetic (1994)
Proper forcing (1982)
Around classification theory of models (1986)

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