> What exactly are you saying this is an example of? A prominent conjecture in number theory, taken quite seriously for centuries, but which was quickly and ra

> What exactly are you saying this is an example of? A prominent conjecture in number theory, taken quite seriously for centuries, but which was quickly and rather easily disproven once computers became powerful enough. No, it is not a exact analogy for Fermat, nor BSD, nor Riemann, nor ... My initial point of interest was u/bootby's comment - why the heck would a room full of experts (presumably noteworthy math professors) become so angry at some grad student's comment? Then /usr/baruz's comment, about things which "seem proven and make intuitive sense, but needed formal buttressing". On occasion, "seemed" and "intuition" prove to be wrong, and Euler was a pretty-good example that.