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Locally everywhere does not imply everywhere
Summary
John D. Cook discusses a recent discovery related to the Jacobian conjecture, highlighting the curiosity around mathematicians' beliefs regarding the conjecture prior to the counterexample found by Levent Alpöge. The post raises questions about the implications of local truths not guaranteeing global validity in mathematics.
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