Harristotelian Logic

People don't argue for years over basic algebra that is actually wrong.

And all the rationalizations given do not explain why a mathematical journal would publish a paper from an amateur that relied on basic algebra that was wrong.

There just isn't enough material in a simple argument with basic algebra for people to go on and on for years.

Or for any mathematicians to accidentally think it might be correct when it's wrong.

What I found was a basic screw-up over a hundred years ago that just wasn't caught until now.

But mathematics professors sitting at universities who have built careers around the screw-up, who idolize dead mathematicians who were part of the screw-up would just as soon forget about it and keep teaching math that is no longer about what is mathematically correct.

And I see no way to stop them.

They just failed. People fail.

These mathematicians just failed. But they won't accept they failed, so they keep failing.

And there's not a lot I can do.