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Examples of common false beliefs in mathematics. [closed]

apr 16 at 19:41 Benjamin Steinberg 10.7k●1●14●49

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Proofs that require fundamentally new ways of thinking

may 9 at 23:09 Dan Sălăjan 264●8

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Demonstrating that rigour is important

may 4 12 at 18:53 Sergei Akbarov 704●4●10

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Generalizing a problem to make it easier

mar 3 12 at 10:17 Uday 1,151●5●14

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Are there any very hard unknots?

may 13 at 11:09 Arnaud 188●5

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Why does the Riemann zeta function have non-trivial zeros?

mar 28 12 at 2:17 chei 1

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Has mathoverflow yet led to mathematical breakthroughs? [closed]

may 14 12 at 1:02 Changwei Zhou 498●6●11

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How can there be topological 4-manifolds with no differentiable structure?

mar 24 11 at 9:00 Benoît Kloeckner 5,489●18●29

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Can infinity shorten proofs a lot?

mar 24 at 12:50 katz 1,264●1●12

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What could be some potentially useful mathematical databases?

oct 31 11 at 12:48 Sam Nead 5,302●12●26

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