"counterexample: an example that refutes or disproves a proposition or theory"
Yes, the article is about it ... which has no bearing on my point, and just repeats the logic error.
It is frequently the case that a counterexample is obviously (or readily seen to be) a counterexample to a conjecture. That has no bearing on how long it takes to find the counterexample. e.g., in 1756 Euler conjectured that there are no integers that satisfy a^4+b^4+c^4=d^4
It took 213 years to show that 95800^4+217519^4+414560^4=422481^4
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"counterexample: an example that refutes or disproves a proposition or theory"
Yes, the article is about it ... which has no bearing on my point, and just repeats the logic error.
It is frequently the case that a counterexample is obviously (or readily seen to be) a counterexample to a conjecture. That has no bearing on how long it takes to find the counterexample. e.g., in 1756 Euler conjectured that there are no integers that satisfy a^4+b^4+c^4=d^4 It took 213 years to show that 95800^4+217519^4+414560^4=422481^4
satifies it ... "obviously".