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"Is this really a proof?" is the exact question e-mailed to me today from an undergraduate mathematics student whom I know as a highly competent student. The one sentence question was accompanied with the following demo:

I am looking for a down-to-earth, non-authoritative answer who one may give to such a student. What would be your answer if you were faced with such a question?

Update. Before the question gets closed , I should stress that the question wasn't (isn't) for you in the sense that whether you think it is a proof or not. Of course, the answer to such a question is as clear as the daylight for MO users. The question was (is) what your constructive answer would be to such a student if you were faced with such a question.

Second Update "The question" at the first line of the first update refers to the original title: "Is this really a proof?". Now that the title has changed, the meaning of the first update has also changed!

"Is this really a proof?" is the exact question e-mailed to me today from an undergraduate mathematics student whom I know as a highly competent student. The one sentence question was accompanied with the following demo:

I am looking for a down-to-earth, non-authoritative answer who one may give to such a student. What would be your answer if you were faced with such a question?

Update after closure. Reading the comments you may realized that most of them answer the original title of the post: "Is this really a proof?" Of course, the answer to such a question is as clear as the daylight for MO users. And, such a question should be closed asap. But, the actual question was (is) in the body of the post, and it was (is) what your constructive answer would be to such a student if you were faced with such a question. Now, with the change of the title, the actual question is much more clearer, and I hope, worthy of MO attention.

The question asked in the title is the exact question e-mailed to me today from an undergraduate mathematics student whom I know as a highly competent student. The one sentence question was accompanied with the following demo:

At one level, this question has a philosophical bent. However, I am looking for a down-to-earth, non-authoritative answer who one may give to such a student. What would be your answer if you were faced with such a question?

Update. Before the question gets closed , I should stress that the question wasn't (isn't) for you in the sense that whether you think it is a proof or not. Of course, the answer to such a question is as clear as the daylight for MO users. The question was (is) what your constructive answer would be to such a student if you were faced with such a question.

"Is this really a proof?" is the exact question e-mailed to me today from an undergraduate mathematics student whom I know as a highly competent student. The one sentence question was accompanied with the following demo:

I am looking for a down-to-earth, non-authoritative answer who one may give to such a student. What would be your answer if you were faced with such a question?

Update. Before the question gets closed , I should stress that the question wasn't (isn't) for you in the sense that whether you think it is a proof or not. Of course, the answer to such a question is as clear as the daylight for MO users. The question was (is) what your constructive answer would be to such a student if you were faced with such a question.

Second Update "The question" at the first line of the first update refers to the original title: "Is this really a proof?". Now that the title has changed, the meaning of the first update has also changed!