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M_r. Q_u_e_s_t_i_o_n
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| Posted: Wed Oct 06, 2004 4:05 pm
Post subject: The statement of the theorem is/has been/ proved |
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Theorem. <Text of the proof>.
How to end?:
(1) The statement of the theorem is proved
(2) The statement of the theorem has been proved
(3) The statement of the theorem proved
Q.
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Don Phillipson
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| Posted: Wed Oct 06, 2004 5:20 pm
Post subject: Re: The statement of the theorem is/has been/ prove |
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"M_r. Q_u_e_s_t_i_o_n" <me@question.com> wrote in message
news:2shubuF1k9ua0U1@uni-berlin.de...
| Quote: | Theorem. <Text of the proof>.
How to end?:
(1) The statement of the theorem is proved
(2) The statement of the theorem has been proved
(3) The statement of the theorem proved
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Why not simply:
The theorem is proved.
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Don Phillipson
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Christopher Green
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| Posted: Wed Oct 06, 2004 10:54 pm
Post subject: Re: The statement of the theorem is/has been/ prove |
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"M_r. Q_u_e_s_t_i_o_n" <me@question.com> wrote in message news:<2shubuF1k9ua0U1@uni-berlin.de>...
| Quote: | Theorem. <Text of the proof>.
How to end?:
(1) The statement of the theorem is proved
(2) The statement of the theorem has been proved
(3) The statement of the theorem proved
Q.
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The theorem has been proved.
"The statement of the theorem" is meaningless, unless you wish to
invite a debate over whether a theorem and the way it's expressed are
the same thing (they aren't).
Or you can, with great economy, write:
Q.E.D.
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Chris Green
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