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reactor · 03-08-2008, 09:38 AM

You too can write a lazy proof! Just use at least one of the following phrases in a key point of your proof.
For an ultra-lazy proof use one of the phrases with an asterisk.

1) It is easy to see that...
2) Obviously...
3) Immediate. *
4) ...and the result follows.
5) As a result, we find that...
6) One easily verifies that...
7) The proof is left to the reader. *
8) The proof is left as an exercise.*
9) ....and the X theorem completes the proof.
10) Clearly...
11) It can be shown that...
12) Trivially...
13) The proof is standard.

Any additions are welcome!
(but you have to have actually seen the phrase used in a book or a lecturer's notes)

03-08-2008, 09:38 AM	#1 (permalink)
reactor only Loeb spaces! Moderator Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 2,072	How to write a lazy proof (in mathematics) You too can write a lazy proof! Just use at least one of the following phrases in a key point of your proof. For an ultra-lazy proof use one of the phrases with an asterisk. 1) It is easy to see that... 2) Obviously... 3) Immediate. * 4) ...and the result follows. 5) As a result, we find that... 6) One easily verifies that... 7) The proof is left to the reader. * 8) The proof is left as an exercise.* 9) ....and the X theorem completes the proof. 10) Clearly... 11) It can be shown that... 12) Trivially... 13) The proof is standard. Any additions are welcome! (but you have to have actually seen the phrase used in a book or a lecturer's notes) _ _ _ _ SIG _ _ _ _ "It's easy to have faith in yourself and have discipline when you're a winner, when you're number one. What you've got to have is faith and discipline when you're not yet a winner." Vince Lombardi How to write a lazy proof Teaching yourself how to prove Since 2004 Reactor features (also) at: Econometric Analysis, 5th Edition ERRATA Last edited by reactor : 05-13-2008 at 09:54 PM.