Timeline for How should you respond to a student who asks whether a very nice physical example constitutes a proof?
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| Aug 7, 2013 at 13:51 | comment | added | paul garrett | @JoelReyesNoche... Excellent! :) Thanks! | |
| Aug 7, 2013 at 13:50 | comment | added | JRN | One such dissection problem is here: math.stackexchange.com/a/348298/18398 | |
| Aug 7, 2013 at 13:38 | comment | added | paul garrett | @DanFox, yes, I realize that the demo above was not a random-measurement situation, which is what I meant to contrast to. Thus, that demo, obviously contrived with some trouble, at best demonstrates plausibility. I guess I was unclear... | |
| Aug 7, 2013 at 13:15 | history | answered | paul garrett | CC BY-SA 3.0 |