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Paul Cohen on genesis of method of forcing and mathematical similarities

We have on record Paul Cohen's comments on being inspired by issues of formalizing algorithms in number theory (this needs to be verified as per comment) as well as related remarks on computability. ...
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Does an existence of large cardinals have implications in number theory or combinatorics?

Does an existence of large cardinals have implications in more down-to-earth fields like number theory, finite combinatorics, graph theory, Ramsey theory or computability theory? Are there any ...
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