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  1. Newsgroups: sci.math
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!usc!sdd.hp.com!saimiri.primate.wisc.edu!usenet.coe.montana.edu!news.u.washington.edu!corona.math.washington.edu!mcfarlan
  3. From: mcfarlan@corona.math.washington.edu (Thomas J. McFarlane)
  4. Subject: Re: Difference between "show" and "prove"
  5. Message-ID: <1992Dec14.203218.5588@u.washington.edu>
  6. Sender: news@u.washington.edu (USENET News System)
  7. Organization: University of Washington, Mathematics, Seattle
  8. References: <Bz7KyK.297@ulowell.ulowell.edu> <Bz9GAt.D5y@mentor.cc.purdue.edu>
  9. Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 20:32:18 GMT
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  12. In article <Bz9GAt.D5y@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> hrubin@pop.stat.purdue.edu (Herman Rubin) writes:
  13. >In article <Bz7KyK.297@ulowell.ulowell.edu> cdeloge@cs.ulowell.edu (Carolyn Deloge) writes:
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  15. >>What is the difference between "show" and "prove"?
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  17. >In mathematics, there is no difference.
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  19. Moreover, "theorem" etymologically means "something to behold."
  20. So one should preferably "show" a theorem.
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  22. Tom McFarlane
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