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Categories: Mathematical proofs, Articles with short description, Mathematical humor, Professional humor, English phrases
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proof by intimidation  Argument by verbosity  Argumentum verbosium  argumentum verbosum  Left as an exercise for the reader
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Proof by intimidation is a jocular phrase used mainly in mathematics to refer to a specific form of hand-waving, whereby one attempts to advance an argument by marking it as obvious or trivial, or by giving an argument loaded with jargon and obscure results. Wikipedia
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Proof by intimidation is a jocular phrase used mainly in mathematics to refer to a specific form of hand-waving, whereby one attempts to advance an argument by marking it as obvious or trivial, or by giving an argument loaded with jargon and obscure results. Wikipedia
Method of convincing someone by using jargon or claiming it as clear Wikidata
IS A
fallacy
hand-waving
DIFFERENT FROM
non-surveyable proof
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proof by intimidation
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proof by intimidation
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Argument by verbosity, Argumentum verbosium, Left as an exercise for the reader, Proof by Intimidation, Proof by verbosity, The proof is left to the reader
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argumentum verbosum, proof by verbosity

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