Timeline for What is the longest recorded gap between "proof" of a "theorem" and discovery that the result is false
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| Jan 10, 2015 at 12:05 | comment | added | Geoff Robinson | I suppose it could be argued that the later understanding that such a proof was impossible because of the independence of that axiom gives this example a different nature, at least different from what I was really looking for when I posed the question, though I agree that this is a valid and interesting answer. | |
| Jan 9, 2015 at 23:57 | history | answered | Adam P. Goucher | CC BY-SA 3.0 |