And are we all quite certain that it does not also contain one or two correct proofs of false "theorems" ... ?! WFL On 1/23/20, Tom Karzes <karzes@sonic.net> wrote:
I would think the Devil's book should contain false proofs whose errors are so subtle that they could go undetected for decades, if not longer.
Tom
Hans Havermann writes:
CM: "I haven’t found a source for the Devil’s book ..."
In Shalosh B. Ekhad's "A Proof of Morley's Theorem (From The (Devil's) Book)" [mid-1990s] is written: "According to Doron Zeilberger, the devil(SC(?)), also has a notebook, that contains purely routine, albeit often long, proofs of all theorems."
https://sites.math.rutgers.edu/~zeilberg/mamarim/mamarimhtml/morley.html
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