L11: INTUITION, PROOF, AND CERTAINTY Flashcards by Tolentino, Marielle L. | Brainscape

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is an immediate understanding or knowing something without reasoning

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INTUITION

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In mathematics is a convincing argument that some mathematical statement is true.

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PROOF

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PROOF TECHNIQUES USED IN MATHEMATICS

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DIRECT PROOF
PROOF BY CONTRADICTION
PROOF BY INDUCTION
PROOF BY CONTRAPOSITIVE

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quality of being reliably true.
is the state of being definite or of having no doubts at all about something.

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CERTAINTY

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