Jeremy Avigad

American mathematician and philosopher (born 1968) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Jeremy Avigad is a professor of philosophy and a professor of mathematical sciences at Carnegie Mellon University.

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Jeremy Avigad
Avigad in 2021
Born (1968-01-09) January 9, 1968 (age 58)
Education
Doctoral advisorJack Silver
Philosophical work
EraContemporary philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
SchoolAnalytic
Main interestsLogic, philosophy of mathematics, proof theory, formal verification
Websitewww.andrew.cmu.edu/user/avigad/
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He received a B.A. in mathematics from Harvard University in 1989, and a Ph.D. in mathematics from the University of California at Berkeley in 1995 under the supervision of Jack Silver.[1] He has contributed to the areas of mathematical logic and foundations, formal verification and interactive theorem proving, and the philosophy and history of mathematics.[2] He became Director of the Hoskinson Center for Formal Mathematics at Carnegie Mellon University after cryptocurrency entrepreneur Charles Hoskinson donated $20 million in September 2021 to establish it.[3][4]

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