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Example of a mathematical theorem that has been verified via computer up to very large numbers yet turned out to be false
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1The Pòlya Conjecture – insipidintegrator Oct 25 '22 at 10:40
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1@insipidintegrator Was it checked with a computer? Certainly by the time of its disproof in 1958 they had not checked up to $10^9$, or they would have found the first counterexample. – Sassatelli Giulio Oct 25 '22 at 10:50
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Disproved_conjectures – Suzu Hirose Oct 25 '22 at 10:59
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See also this: https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/111440/examples-of-patterns-that-eventually-fail – Hans Lundmark Oct 25 '22 at 11:27
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$li(x)>\pi(x)$ , in fact the sign chances infinite many often. – Peter Oct 25 '22 at 17:23