{"id":3310466,"date":"2006-02-14T13:02:00","date_gmt":"2006-02-14T13:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/su.blog.bunty.tv\/2006\/02\/14\/Proof-Techniques\/"},"modified":"2007-11-26T00:07:40","modified_gmt":"2007-11-26T00:07:40","slug":"Proof-Techniques","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/su.blog.bunty.tv\/?p=3310466","title":{"rendered":"Proof Techniques"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='sustuff'>Stumbleupon <a href='http:\/\/horsewithnobunty.stumbleupon.com\/review\/3310466\/'>Review<\/a> of :<br \/>\n\t<a href='http:\/\/www.scg.uwaterloo.ca\/~hchcheng\/proof_guide.html'>http:\/\/www.scg.uwaterloo.ca\/~hchcheng\/proof_guide.html<\/a><a href='http:\/\/www.stumbleupon.com\/url\/www.scg.uwaterloo.ca\/~hchcheng\/proof_guide.html'><img src='http:\/\/bunty.tv\/images\/smallstumble.png'><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><b>Proof Techniques<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\nMethods for getting people to believe you (as good as, if not better than, proof). A collection of proof techniques that will prove invaluable to both mathematicians and members of the general public.<br \/>\nPROOF TECHNIQUE #1 &#8211; &#8216;Proof By Induction&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>   1. Obtain a large power transformer.<br \/>\n   2. Find someone who does not believe your theorem.<br \/>\n   3. Get this person to hold the terminals on the HV side of the transformer.<br \/>\n   4. Apply 25000 volts AC to the LV side of the transformer.<br \/>\n   5. Repeat step (4) until they agree with the theorem.<\/p>\n<p>PROOF TECHNIQUE #2 &#8211; &#8216;Proof By Contradiction&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>   1. State your theorem.<br \/>\n   2. Wait for someone to disagree.<br \/>\n   3. Contradict them.<\/p>\n<p>PROOF TECHNIQUE #3 &#8211; Fire Proof<\/p>\n<p>   1. Summon all your inferiors for a departmental meeting.<br \/>\n   2. Present your theorem.<br \/>\n   3. Fire those who disagree.<\/p>\n<p>PROOF TECHNIQUE #4 &#8211; The Famous Water Proof<\/p>\n<p>   1. State your theorem.<br \/>\n   2. Wait for someone to disagree.<br \/>\n   3. Drown them.<\/p>\n<p>NB. This is closely related to the &#8216;bullet&#8217; proof, but is easier to make look like an accident.<br \/>\nPROOF TECHNIQUE #5 &#8211; Idiot Proof<\/p>\n<p>   1. State your theorem.<br \/>\n   2. Write exhaustive documentation with glossy colour pictures and arrows about which bit goes where.<br \/>\n   3. Challenge anyone to not understand it.<\/p>\n<p>PROOF TECHNIQUE #6 &#8211; Child Proof<\/p>\n<p>   1. State your theorem.<br \/>\n   2. Encapsulate it in epoxy and shape it into an ellipsoid.<br \/>\n   3. Put it in a jar with all the other proofs (one with one of those Press-to-Open lids).<br \/>\n   4. Give it to a professor and challenge him to open it.<\/p>\n<p>PROOF TECHNIQUE #7 &#8211; Rabbit Proof<\/p>\n<p>   1. Generate theorems at an altogether startling rate, much faster than anybody is able to refute them. Use up every body else&#8217;s paper. Run away at the slightest sign of danger.<br \/>\n   2. Leave any crap in small, easily identified piles, in prominent places where you no longer are, and it cannot in fact be proven that you ever were.<\/p>\n<p>PROOF TECHNIQUE #8 &#8211; Fool Proof<\/p>\n<p>   1. State your theorem.<br \/>\n   2. Invite colleagues to comment.<br \/>\n   3. If they don&#8217;t agree, exclaim loudly, &#8220;You Fools!&#8221;&#8221;<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stumbleupon Review of : http:\/\/www.scg.uwaterloo.ca\/~hchcheng\/proof_guide.html Proof Techniques Methods for getting people to believe you (as good as, if not better than, proof). 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