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On 13/12/2010 06:23 PM, Darren New wrote:
> Proof by contradiction isn't reducto ad absurdum.
What is then?
>> This doesn't *prove* anything, but it does explain why you can't solve
>> the equation, in a way which intuitively makes sense.
>
> Actually, that *is* a valid proof. I'm not sure why you think it's not a
> proof.
Presumably since I haven't proven the Fundamental Theorem of Arithmetic,
this doesn't count as a valid proof.
It does, however, make a lot more sense to somebody who is willing to
take it on faith. (I gather that actually *proving* the matter in this
direction is drastically more complex...)
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