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- From: cdeloge@cs.ulowell.edu (Carolyn Deloge)
- Subject: Difference between "show" and "prove"
- Message-ID: <Bz7KyK.297@ulowell.ulowell.edu>
- Sender: Carolyn Deloge
- Organization: University of Massachusetts at Lowell Computer Science
- Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1992 17:37:32 GMT
- Expires: Sun, 31 Jan 1993 05:00:00 GMT
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- Hi, I am a CS graduate student and I have a question for the math people.
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- What is the difference between "show" and "prove"?
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- I had a homework problem that asked to "show" the solution. I answered by
- giving an example and some reasoning. The teaching assistant marked it
- incorrect, saying that I needed to "prove" it inductively.
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- Can someone give me his/her definitions on these two words? I would really
- appreciate it. Thanks.
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- CD
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- P.S. Yes I did look in the dictionary, but I want to hear it from the math
- experts.
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