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The speaker says subject-matter experts can infer the intended meaning when a theorem is false as literally written.
Unresolved speaker · Mathematics Just Changed Forever — Kevin Hartnett · 26 Oct 2026
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“It, it's-- strictly speaking, what they've written is false. And it is obviously not true, in fact. If you're an expert in the area, you would say, "Well, obviously they mean this."”1:10:50Report a misattribution
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