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3FYI, this situation occurs in math more than outsiders probably realize. I referenced a rather extreme example in a comment to this mathoverflow question, leading the OP to remark "I don't offhand recall any topic, at least in analysis, where basic examples and results have been rediscovered, reproved, and republished so often ...". See also Alexander Woo's answer to Finding related result in mathematics, although in this case the discussion is about results found prior to publication.– Dave L RenfroCommented Feb 20, 2023 at 17:39
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4What exactly is the damage, in your view, and what statement is "erroneous"?– Christian HennigCommented Feb 20, 2023 at 17:42
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9... the false assumption that such a thing had not been done -- My gut reaction is that this is not all that serious, but I imagine in the future you'll be more inclined to say things like "seems not to have been done" or "we have not found this result in the literature"!– Dave L RenfroCommented Feb 20, 2023 at 18:12
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2You might also want to have a look at this answer of mine to a related question.– Jochen GlueckCommented Feb 20, 2023 at 18:21
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1Regarding my earlier comment "... I imagine in the future ...", the examples given in this answer are worth reading over.– Dave L RenfroCommented Feb 28, 2023 at 8:58
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