Pseudomathematics

Pseudomathematics is a form of mathematics-like activity that does not work within the framework, definitions, rules, or rigor of formal mathematical models. While any given pseudomathematical approach may work within some of these boundaries, for instance, by accepting or invoking most known mathematical definitions that apply, pseudomathematics inevitably disregards or explicitly discards a well-established or proven mechanism, falling back upon any number of demonstrably non-mathematical principles.

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Counterexample Mathematical induction Gödel's second incompleteness theorem Underwood Dudley James Anderson (computer scientist) Angle trisection Logical possibility Doubling the cube Prime Compass and straightedge constructions Indeterminate form Squaring the circle Problem Fermat's Last Theorem Cantor's diagonal argument Four color theorem Gödel's incompleteness theorem Conjecture Finite set Riemann hypothesis Lossless data compression Crank (person) Eccentricity (behavior) Q.E.D. Monty Hall problem Perpetual motion Euclidean geometry Formal system Theorem Infinity Classical mechanics Complex number Prime number Albert Einstein Mathematics Physics

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