A Problem of Logic in Mathematics and Physics

– Errors made by even top mathematicians -

 C. Y. Lo

Abstract

Due to inadequate understanding in physics, mathematicians have made misleading erroneous claims in general relativity three times that result in awarding the Fields Medal in 1982 to S. T. Yau, and 1990 to E. Witten, and the 2011 Shaw Prize to D. Christodoulou. As a result, general relativity is misunderstood as a perfect theory and thus this error is currently a major obstacle to the progress of physics. Also, similar errors have been made by D. Hilbert and M. Atiyah.