Kepler's Conjecture/Historical Note/Mistake
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Source Work
2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.):
- Kepler's conjecture (J. Kepler, 1611)
Mistake
- The conjecture was proved in $2006$ by T.C. Hales.
Correction
Technically incorrect.
Annals of Mathematics accepted the proof presented by Thomas Callister Hales in $2005$, but there existed only $99\%$ certainty taht it was correct.
The proof was finally declared complete and correct in August $2014$.
Sources
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