Matt Giwer wrote in message <37D20FB5.377766EF@giwersworld.org>...
> First rigorously define the means of proof as in math and we can
>go from there. 1=1 by definition because it is math. It is the
>foundation of math that the symbols mean the same at all times. A
>is A.


This is one of the basic postulates of all mathematics, just like the
parallel postulate is one of the basic postulates of Euclidean geometry.
Assume the postulate is untrue, and you get a different mathematics.

Mark

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