How not to prove the Poincaré conjecture

• Published in 1966
• Added on 2014-11-17

I have committed the sin of falsely proving Poincaré's Conjecture. But that was in another country; and besides, until now no one has known about it. Now, in hope of deterring others from making similar mistakes, I shall describe my mistaken proof. Who knows but that somehow a small change, a new interpretation, and this line of proof may be rectified!

Links

• http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.32.3404
• http://math.berkeley.edu/~stall/notPC.ps

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BibTeX entry

@article{Stallings1966,
	key = {Stallings1966},
	type = {article},
	title = {How not to prove the Poincar{\'{e}} conjecture},
	author = {Stallings, JR},
	abstract = {I have committed the sin of falsely proving Poincar{\'{e}}'s Conjecture. But that was in another country; and besides, until now no one has known about it. Now, in hope of deterring others from making similar mistakes, I shall describe my mistaken proof. Who knows but that somehow a small change, a new interpretation, and this line of proof may be rectified!},
	comment = {},
	date_added = {2014-11-17},
	date_published = {1966-12-07},
	urls = {http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.32.3404,http://math.berkeley.edu/{\~{}}stall/notPC.ps},
	collections = {Attention-grabbing titles,About proof},
	url = {http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.32.3404 http://math.berkeley.edu/{\~{}}stall/notPC.ps},
	urldate = {2014-11-17},
	year = 1966
}