"A conjecture both deep and profound Is whether a circle is round. In a paper of Erdős Written in Kurdish A counterexample is found."
— Paul Erdős

January 1, 1970

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A conjecture thought to be sound Was that every circle was round In a paper of Erdős written in Kurdish A counterexample is found! — Attributed to an unnamed colleague, quoted in "The Magician of Budapest" by Peter Schumer, in The Edge of the Universe : Celebrating Ten Years of Math Horizons (2007) by Deanna Haunsperger and Stephen Kennedy, p. 110