Stephen Cole Kleene quotes

Stephen Cole Kleene was an American mathematician and logician, renowned for his foundational work in recursion theory and mathematical logic. Contributions such as Kleene's recursion theorem and the concept of regular expressions have had a lasting influence on computer science and logic. He played a pivotal role in advancing our understanding of computability and formal systems. Here are 15 of his quotes:

I read one or two other books which gave me a background in mathematics other than logic. (Stephen Cole Kleene)
I think that after Church got his Ph.D. he studied in Europe, maybe in the Netherlands, for a year or two. View quote
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I think Veblen had an interest in logic. View quote
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Those three years ended with June 1933. At that time I left Princeton, having submitted my Ph.D. thesis. View quote
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It wasn't until my second year that I got to actually work with Church. View quote
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I went to Princeton in the fall of 1930 as a half-time instructor. View quote
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When I got to Princeton I made a point of attending the Philosophy Club and listening to the lectures, but I didn't get involved in any discussions in those clubs. I guess after the first year, I dropped that. View quote
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The job in Wisconsin was the first genuine offer of an academic job in a university which I received. View quote
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In the fall term of 1933-34 I was on my family farm in Maine. View quote
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I'm sure Church got some of his ideas from this trip to Europe. View quote
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I went to Princeton from Amherst, where I split my interests between mathematics and philosophy. (Stephen Cole Kleene)
I had some hesitations about philosophy because, if you worked out a philosophical theory, it was hard to know whether you were going to be able to prove it or whether other theories had just as good a claim on belief. View quote
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As I say, there was this movement to try to bring philosophers and mathematicians together into an organization where they would talk to each other. An organization wasn't effective unless you had a journal. That's about all I know. View quote
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Here at Wisconsin we didn't get an undergraduate course in mathematical logic until the '60s. View quote
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I don't think Post often came to Princeton during the '30s. I can't remember ever seeing him in Princeton. View quote
Stephen Cole Kleene

Stephen Cole Kleene

Occupation: American Mathematician
Born: January 5, 1909
Died: January 25, 1994
Quotes count: 15