The theorem (as ISTM is understood nowadays) is a statement about flat space, so I’d put it as “it doesn’t apply to curved space”; saying that it’s false in curved space sounds to me like saying that “in the US, people drive on the right side of the road” is false in the UK.
The theorem (as ISTM is understood nowadays) is a statement about flat space, so I’d put it as “it doesn’t apply to curved space”; saying that it’s false in curved space sounds to me like saying that “in the US, people drive on the right side of the road” is false in the UK.