Mathematics is a Science, one of the oldest actually. Although, outside the few recorded authors. It was probably an oral tradition, passed down also.
Mathematicians are the nicest people. However, if you ever try to convince them of something? It is either obvious or near impossible. A skeptical reaction to anyone making a statement is normal. Something few people understand is it resolves issues – more quickly, when you say the opposite. This way, anyone’s logical nature to disprove you, will quickly work to find, what you are attempting to prove (with a Mathematician – especially).
There are many way to proofs. Here are some, I know.
- Direct Statement
- Defined by a Given
- Contradiction
- Assisted Contra-Positive
- Improvable
- Resolved by Cases
The first one can be tricky. However, they usually tend to be obvious and just formalities of trivial examples.
Glen
