Timeline for Examples of interesting false proofs
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| May 16, 2021 at 11:37 | comment | added | Dominique Unruh | If "poof" can be offensive, why not drop a different letter? I suggest "prof" for an incorrect proof. ;) | |
| Mar 25, 2021 at 10:19 | comment | added | Najib Idrissi | Just FYI, "poof" is also a derogatory term for homosexual men. I would not suggest using it. | |
| Mar 20, 2013 at 21:32 | comment | added | Noam D. Elkies | Thanks. Yes, it was intentional (I repeated it in the text); it's not new, though apparently not well-known, and I don't remember where I got it from. | |
| Mar 20, 2013 at 18:37 | comment | added | David Corwin | +1: "Poof" is a great new term for an "incorrect proof," whether you intended it or not ;) | |
| Jan 15, 2013 at 18:00 | history | answered | Noam D. Elkies | CC BY-SA 3.0 |