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Comment by davidguetta

7 hours ago

exactly, cf andrew wiles first proof of fermat's last theorem

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anonymous908213  5 hours ago

Yes, cf indeed. He did not publish it, he shared it privately and then spent the next year correcting it before publication.

  • davidguetta  1 hour ago

    ok, that said there has alaways been a bunch of "maybe theorems" it's was a thing even in paul erdos books i think. now we have "maybe proofs". still better than "no proofs"

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