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Recorde of Maths (lemmy.nz)
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[-] ech@lemmy.ca 7 points 3 months ago

described by a single equation not more than ten characters long

An equation does not equal a proof. Maybe that's not what you saw, but a proof is basically proving the equation works from first principles. That takes a good number of words to do.

[-] bobo@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 months ago

That takes a good number of words to do.

Oh you thought 1+1=2 is simple to prove?

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