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|    Re: JYD or Bust
[Re: Dresden]
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07/14/12 10:37 PM |  
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WITHOUT LOSS OF GENERALITY: I'm not about to do all the possible cases, so I'll do one and let you figure out the rest. 
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|  Re: JYD or Bust
[Re: Dresden]
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07/14/12 10:38 PM |  
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ONE MAY SHOW: One did, his name was Gauss. 
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|  Re: JYD or Bust
[Re: Dresden]
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07/14/12 10:38 PM |  
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IT IS WELL KNOWN: See "Mathematische Zeitschrift'', vol XXXVI, 1892. 
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|  Re: JYD or Bust
[Re: Dresden]
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07/14/12 10:38 PM |  
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CHECK FOR YOURSELF: This is the boring part of the proof, so you can do it on your own time. 
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|  Re: JYD or Bust
[Re: Dresden]
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07/14/12 10:39 PM |  
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SKETCH OF A PROOF: I couldn't verify the details, so I'll break it down into parts I couldn't prove. 
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|  Re: JYD or Bust
[Re: Dresden]
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07/14/12 10:39 PM |  
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HINT: The hardest of several possible ways to do a proof. 
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|  Re: JYD or Bust
[Re: Dresden]
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07/14/12 10:39 PM |  
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BRUTE FORCE: Four special cases, three counting arguments, two long inductions, and a partridge in a pair tree. 
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|  Re: JYD or Bust
[Re: Dresden]
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07/14/12 10:39 PM |  
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SOFT PROOF: One third less filling (of the page) than your regular proof, but it requires two extra years of course work just to understand the terms. 
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|  Re: JYD or Bust
[Re: Dresden]
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07/14/12 10:40 PM |  
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ELEGANT PROOF: Requires no previous knowledge of the subject, and is less than ten lines long. 
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[Re: Dresden]
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07/14/12 10:40 PM |  
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SIMILARLY: At least one line of the proof of this case is the same as before. 
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|  Re: JYD or Bust
[Re: Dresden]
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07/14/12 10:40 PM |  
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CANONICAL FORM: 4 out of 5 mathematicians surveyed recommended this as the final form for the answer. 
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|  Re: JYD or Bust
[Re: Dresden]
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07/14/12 10:41 PM |  
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THE FOLLOWING ARE EQUIVALENT: If I say this it means that, and if I say that it means the other thing, and if I say the other thing... 
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