@XanderHenderson @quid @DanielFischer: Please note the behaviour of this moderator in not locking the question despite being made aware of the cheating attempt.
Underwood Dudley published a book called mathematical cranks that talks about faux proofs throughout history. While it seems to be mostly for entertainment than anything else, I feel it has become more relevant in modern mathematics. Especially with the advent of arXiv, you can obtain research pa...
@user21820 by now the question is modified. Also OP maintains it was not a cheating attempt but a coincidence. I am not sure it's worth locking it now. I have nothing against locking them, I am just not sure it serves a purpose or is by now in line with the policy. I'd just delete them.
Or maybe give some time to improve them.
The claimed scenario by OP is not completely implausible.
@Did @amWhy @CarlMummert: A magical joker downvoted my answer, and unsurprisingly the same joker was the author of a senseless question, which I don't understand why it was reopened.
@user21820 Unfortunately, I'm sad to say it no longer surprises me that so many such users try to retaliate against anyone who sees through their posts.
@amWhy Well at least this one isn't a crank. But it's kind of annoying that there are so many people that think they know everything when they can't understand even basic logic.
@quid To go back to my default state, I don't really care to adjudicate whether or not someone is cheating---it doesn't matter to me. The issue is that the question is part of an ongoing competition, and should therefore be locked and invisibilized until such time as the competition is over.
