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