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I'm pretty sure I was introduced to the concepts of proof by contradiction and by induction in the final year or two of high school, but that was fifty years ag
by kwhitefoot 3y ago
I'm pretty sure I was introduced to the concepts of proof by contradiction and by induction in the final year or two of high school, but that was fifty years ago in England.
Perhaps finding it confusing is a recent development.
- strongbond 3y agoMe too, fifty years ago in Wales
- spacechild1 3y agoMe too, 20 years ago in Austria.
- rsktaker 3y agoMe too, 3 months ago in California.
- tehnub 3y agoWhat, we're all just assuming the law of the excluded middle now?
- lanstin 3y agoI don’t really believe this stuff, but it is interesting project: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constructivism_(philosophy_of_mathematics) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constructivism_(philosophy_of_...