Timeline for How to refer to a “theorem” that you have shown to be wrong
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| Feb 22 at 16:06 | history | made wiki | Post Made Community Wiki by Todd Trimble | ||
| Apr 5, 2013 at 19:21 | comment | added | Noam D. Elkies | Ironically the original sense of "theorem" allows for a theorem to be false, since it just meant "assertion". So Euler could say that a theorem must be true even though he cannot prove it. But yes, modern usage doesn't allow for this. | |
| Apr 5, 2013 at 14:27 | comment | added | Nik Weaver | I vote for inverted commas. We label things to make them easy for the reader to find. Inverted commas preserve the exact reference while also making it crystal clear that the result is not to be trusted. | |
| Apr 5, 2013 at 12:27 | history | answered | Todd Trimble | CC BY-SA 3.0 |