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Re:Why isn't there a replication crisis in math? by zitterbewegung on Wednesday February 02, 2022 @05:28PM (#30184990)
I was tempted to use that but Fermat's last theorem is known to the general public for much longer and has a resolution.
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Re:Why isn't there a replication crisis in math? by contravariant on Wednesday February 02, 2022 @07:25PM (#30186530)
It was a good example, and definitely one of the more important examples of how finding and fixing mistakes in mathematics is supposed to happen. I figured the abc-conjecture would provide a nice contrasting example.
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