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In logic, proof by contradiction is a form of proof that establishes the truth or the validity of a proposition, by showing that assuming the proposition to be false leads to a contradiction. Wikipedia
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reductio ad absurdum
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mathematical proof
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theorem
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proof by infinite descent
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proof that the square root of 2 is irrational

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