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Famous Mathematical Disputes and Controversies

Test your knowledge of famous controversies, disputes, and scandals in the history of mathematics, from calculus wars to proof disputes

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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which famous mathematician was accused of plagiarism in the late 19th century?

  1. Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
  2. Isaac Newton
  3. Pierre-Simon Laplace
  4. Carl Friedrich Gauss
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What was the name of the mathematical hoax that claimed to prove Fermat's Last Theorem in 1994?

  1. The Taniyama-Shimura Conjecture
  2. The Weil Conjectures
  3. The Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer Conjecture
  4. The Andrew Wiles Proof
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which mathematician was involved in a scandal related to the sale of fraudulent stock options?

  1. John von Neumann
  2. Norbert Wiener
  3. Claude Shannon
  4. Alan Turing
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What was the name of the mathematical scandal that involved the manipulation of data in a study on the effectiveness of a new educational program?

  1. The Coleman Report
  2. The Jencks Report
  3. The Moynihan Report
  4. The Bell Curve
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which mathematician was accused of plagiarism in the early 20th century?

  1. Albert Einstein
  2. David Hilbert
  3. Hermann Weyl
  4. John von Neumann
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which mathematician was accused of fabricating data in a study on the relationship between mathematics and psychology?

  1. Sigmund Freud
  2. Carl Jung
  3. Alfred Adler
  4. Wilhelm Wundt
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which mathematician was accused of plagiarism in the mid-20th century?

  1. John von Neumann
  2. Norbert Wiener
  3. Claude Shannon
  4. Alan Turing
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What was the name of the mathematical hoax that claimed to prove the Goldbach Conjecture in 2013?

  1. The Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer Conjecture
  2. The Weil Conjectures
  3. The Taniyama-Shimura Conjecture
  4. The Andrew Wiles Proof
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which mathematician was involved in a scandal related to the manipulation of data in a study on the effectiveness of a new economic policy?

  1. John von Neumann
  2. Norbert Wiener
  3. Claude Shannon
  4. Alan Turing
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