Anybody Grow Up On This?

euroazn · 12/7/10

euroazn · 12/7/10

=Fixed the link, sorry=

Stuart Truax · 12/7/10

A tour de force of austere elegance and formal structure. To wit, it was written in Latin, the most structured of all languages.

Daniel Duffy · 12/8/10

Euclid's Elements was first. Everything else followed.

euroazn · 12/8/10

Euclid's Elements was first. Everything else followed.

^Haha... good pun there.

Daniel Duffy · 12/8/10

euroazn said:
^Haha... good pun there.

I think I missed it

euroazn · 12/8/10

Well, Elements is a book of proofs, and "it follows" is mentioned in proofs and... :S

well ya' know...!

Daniel Duffy · 12/8/10

euroazn said:
Well, Elements is a book of proofs, and "it follows" is mentioned in proofs and... :S

well ya' know...!

I see

Is was unintentional. Maybe it was an automatic reaction: much of the olde style learning was rote

Speaking of, a no-no in maths articles is "it is obvious that a = b".

euroazn · 12/8/10

Also "it is trivial that" XD

koupparis · 12/8/10

Clearly you're both correct

Daniel Duffy · 12/8/10

koupparis said:
Clearly you're both correct

We can assume this statement, WLOG (without loss of generality)