proof by obfuscation:
A long plotless sequence of true and/or meaningless
syntactically related statements.
proof by wishful citation:
The author cites the negation, converse, or generalization of
a theorem from the literature to support his claims.
proof by funding:
How could three different government agencies be wrong?
proof by eminent authority:
'I saw Karp in the elevator and he said it was probably NP-
complete.'
-- How to Prove It, Part 3
A long plotless sequence of true and/or meaningless
syntactically related statements.
proof by wishful citation:
The author cites the negation, converse, or generalization of
a theorem from the literature to support his claims.
proof by funding:
How could three different government agencies be wrong?
proof by eminent authority:
'I saw Karp in the elevator and he said it was probably NP-
complete.'
-- How to Prove It, Part 3
Related:
- proof by personal communication:
'Eight-dimensional colored cycle stripping is NP-complete
[Karp,
personal communication].' proof by reduction to the... - proof by accumulated evidence:
Long and diligent search has not revealed a counterexample.
proof by cosmology: The negation of the proposition... - proof by picture:
A more convincing form of proof by example.
Combines well with proof by omission. proof by... - proof by example:
The author gives only the case n = 2 and suggests that it
contains most of the ideas of the general proof.
proof by intimidation: 'Trivial'. proof by vigorous... - proof by forward reference:
Reference is usually to a forthcoming paper of the author,
which is often not as forthcoming as at first. proof... - I said "fool-proof,
NOT stupid... - proof by cumbersome notation:
Best done with access to at least four alphabets and special
symbols.
proof by exhaustion: An issue or two of a journal... - An example is not
proof... - Lack of proof <> proof
of lack...
From the same category:
- All I want is a LITTLE more than I can
spend... - Two lights for guidance. The first, our little glowing atom of community,
with all that it signifies. The second, the cold light... - Hillary Clinton of Borg -
Prepare to have your salary assimilated... - If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it dance.
George Bernard Shaw (1856... - May I suggest delivering pizza?
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