11 Facts About Edward Nelson

Edward Nelson was professor in the Mathematics Department at Princeton University.

Edward Nelson was known for his work on mathematical physics and mathematical logic.

Edward Nelson wrote on the relationship between religion and mathematics.

Edward Nelson spent his early childhood in Rome where his father worked for the Italian YMCA.

At the advent of World War II, Nelson moved with his mother to New York City, where he attended high school at the Bronx High School of Science.

Edward Nelson was a member of the Institute for Advanced Study from 1956 to 1959.

Edward Nelson held a position at Princeton University starting in 1959, attaining the rank of professor there in 1964 and retiring in 2013.

Edward Nelson died in Princeton, New Jersey, on September 10,2014.

Edward Nelson made contributions to the theory of infinite-dimensional group representations, the mathematical treatment of quantum field theory, the use of stochastic processes in quantum mechanics, and the reformulation of probability theory in terms of non-standard analysis.

In September 2011, Edward Nelson announced he had proved that Peano arithmetic was logically inconsistent.

An error was found in the proof by Terence Tao, and Edward Nelson retracted the claim.