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proof by forward reference: Reference is usually to a forthcoming paper of the author, which is often not as forthcoming as at first.
proof by semantic shift: Some of the standard but inconv...
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 generaliza...
proof by personal communication: 'Eight-dimensional colored cycle stripping is NP-complete [Karp, personal communication].
' proof by reduction to the wrong problem: 'To see that infinite-dim...
proof by picture: A more convincing form of proof by example.
Combines well with proof by omission. proof by vehement assertio...
Proof left as an exercise for your supervisor.
PROOF, n. Evidence having a shade more of plausibility than of unlikelihood.
The testimony of two credible witnesses as opposed to that of only one....
PROOF-READER, n. A malefactor who atones for making your writing nonsense by permitting the compositor to make it unintelligible.
-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
Proofreading is more effective after publication. -- Barker's Proof
Proofread your work. Do not tolerate mispellings!
Proof techniques #1: Proof by Induction. This technique is used on equations with n in them.
Induction techniques are very popular, even the military used them....

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