An unlikely result

[Count Iblis]

An unlikely result (http://arxiv.org/abs/math/0511544v3)

[neutrino]

...with an error in its proof.

[Count Iblis]

...with an error in its proof.:biggrin:

[rs1n]

An unlikely result (http://arxiv.org/abs/math/0511544v3)

What was this even about?

[Count Iblis]

Click on the v2 link at the bottom left of the page (http://arxiv.org/abs/math/0511544v2)

[rbj]

actually, i admire the author for being so forthright. mathematics is an exacting discipline, but in the less exacting disciplines (like science and engineering), you might think that this should happen more often.

some author publishes an idea that he/she later comes to the conclusion is crap. what's an author to do? follow the example of the Bogdanov brothers?