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Sunday, June 26, 2022

Basic timeline of Kurt Gödel

This post is a basic timeline of logician Kurt Gödel (1906-1978). There are 10 events listed below chronologically. Source: Wikipedia

• 1906: Born in Brünn, Austria-Hungary
• ~1924: Enrolls at the University of Vienna
• 1929: Completes dissertation on completeness theorem
• 1930: Delivers incompleteness theorems at the Second Conference on the Epistemology of the Exact Sciences
• 1932: Proposes basis for Gödel fuzzy logic
• 1934: Delivers lecture series titled On undecidable propositions of formal mathematical systems
• 1940: Moves to Princeton, New Jersey
• 1940: Becomes member of the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton University
• 1949: Proposes solutions to Einstein's field equations
• 1978: Died at age 71 in Princeton, New Jersey