Proof by contradiction
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title:
Proof by contradiction
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In logic, proof by contradiction is a form of proof that establishes the truth or the validity of a proposition by showing that assuming the proposition to be false leads to a contradiction.
Although it is quite freely used in mathematical proofs, not every school of mathematical thought accepts this kind of nonconstructive proof as universally valid. More broadly, proof by contradiction is any form of argument that establishes a statement by arriving at a contradiction, even when the initial as
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Proving that the negation is impossible
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proof_by_contradiction
date created:
2001-03-12T19:30:45Z
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2024-09-15T20:41:27Z
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