QED:
Proof techniques #2: Proof by Oddity...SAMPLE: To prove that horses have an infinite number of legs.
(1) Horses have an even number of legs.
(2) Behind they have two legs, and in front they have fore-legs.
(3) This makes a total of six legs, which is certainly an odd number of legs for a horse.
(4) But the only number that is both even and odd is infinity.
(5) Therefore, horses have an infinite number of legs.
----- quod erat demonstrandum !
Topics to be covered in future issues will include proof by:
# Intimidation
# Gesticulation (Hand-Waving)
# "Try it; it Works"
# Constipation (I was just sitting there and ...)
# Blatant Assertion
# Changing all the 2's to n's
# Mutual Consent
# Lack of a Counter-Example
# Proof by Elliptical Reasoning
# Bullet Proof
# 86% Proof
# "It Stands to Reason"
# Proof by Linear Combination of the Above
......Looking for sample proofs of each technique :-?
posted by Praveer @ Monday, December 13, 2004
4 Comments:
IMO, Proof by Constipation alone works for theoretical proofs and Proof by elliptical reasoning works in common place conversations!
C'mon Sundar, r u suggesting that all Genuine Thinkers in the history were Constipated :o ?
And AFAIK, Elliptical Reasoning is best explained using Elliptical Reasoning :D
Kindly Explaining your Comment on ER.
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Plz see: http://www.maths.uwa.edu.au/~berwin/humour/invalid.proofs.html
for more such proof methods :)
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