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by QuesnayJr 732 days ago
This is not at all what a citation means. If someone writes a math paper with a correct result, and the proof is wrong, then you cite that paper to give a corrected proof. If someone writes a math paper where a result itself is incorrect, then you cite that paper to give your counterexample. A citation just means the paper is related, not that it's right or you agree with it.