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What kind of second-rate mathematician tries to prove a theorem without writing down examples? That's Proving Theorems 101.
by j2kun 9y ago
What kind of second-rate mathematician tries to prove a theorem without writing down examples? That's Proving Theorems 101.
- ColinWright 9y agoI have no idea why you were being down-voted, and I wonder how many of the down-voters are actually mathematicians. If they were responding to your tone they need to know that it's incredibly mild compared with what one could say. I upvoted you, but clearly didn't undo all the downvotes.
- Koshkin 9y agoRight. The very first step in trying to prove a theorem is to try and disprove it (by looking for a counter-example).
- jwdunne 9y agoWhich are a form of example. You don't store those counter examples in your head - you write them down. If they don't turn out to be counter examples, what are they?