Counterexample Quotes
- Incidentally, when we're faced with a "prove or disprove," we're usually better off trying first to disprove with a counterexample, for two reasons: A disproof… — Ronald Graham
- A failed structure provides a counterexample to a hypothesis and shows us incontrovertibly what cannot be done, while a structure that stands without incident often… — Henry Petroski
- That's the problem with false proofs of true theorems; it's not easy to produce a counterexample. — Jeffrey Shallit