Timeline for Taking a theorem as a definition and proving the original definition as a theorem
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| Sep 28, 2021 at 0:12 | history | edited | LSpice | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Link to Brendan McKay's comment
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| Sep 27, 2021 at 23:58 | comment | added | Tom Copeland | Same with the natural logarithm. A historical perspective on the development of the logarithm first and the 'anti-logarithm" second--the exponential--and their uses in a multitude of contexts provides understanding that a simple, concise definition cannot. | |
| Sep 27, 2021 at 23:58 | comment | added | Tom Copeland | To 'understand' an elephant to any real depth as opposed to simply identifying it, you need to understand its anatomy, physiology, psychology/behavior, and even evolution within a natural context. Mathematical creatures require similar large investments of time and effort to understand to some substantial depth. To present the divergence of a vector field in terms of an expression of partial derivatives is not an explanation, just a starting point in a long dialogue. | |
| Sep 27, 2021 at 23:20 | history | edited | Tom Copeland | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
corrected typo, deleted a redundancy
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| Sep 27, 2021 at 21:07 | history | edited | Tom Copeland | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
caveat introduced
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| S Sep 27, 2021 at 20:58 | history | answered | Tom Copeland | CC BY-SA 4.0 | |
| S Sep 27, 2021 at 20:58 | history | made wiki | Post Made Community Wiki by Tom Copeland |