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Take for instance Wu-Yi Hsiang's suggested proof of the Kepler conjecture as a less controversial example. Quoting from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kepler_co
by triska 7y ago
Take for instance Wu-Yi Hsiang's suggested proof of the Kepler conjecture as a less controversial example.
Quoting from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kepler_conjecture https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kepler_conjecture:
"The proof was praised by Encyclopædia Britannica and Science and Hsiang was also honored at joint meetings of AMS-MAA."
Which is followed, after a few sentences, by:
"The current consensus is that Hsiang's proof is incomplete."
- new2628 7y agoOr Kempe's (mistaken) proof of the 4 color theorem.