Re: Proof Attempt For Fermat's Last Theorem

On 2007-03-16, David C Ullrich wrote:
If you mean he had a proof that he _knew_ was wrong that's no
big deal. The interesting part would be if he had a proof that
he thought was right but which was actually wrong. What's
your evidence that that happened while he was in school?

It would be rather miraculous if any mathematician hadn't come up with an
argument they thought was correct but later turned out wrong. I'm sure I
have, and will continue to.

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