Ill-Posed

bluesky — Pekka Lund — 2 Oct 2026

So, unlike that fake Buckmaster controversy, here we most likely have an actual credit misassignment.

#history-of-mathematics #mathematical-research-ethics

Read the source →

So, unlike that fake Buckmaster controversy, here we most likely have an actual credit misassignment.

So we are left guessing how that problem was solved. Which SciAm informs is the case for the original 1978 zeta(3) proof by Apéry as well, who said he found the key parts "in a flower pot".

0 comments