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Meanings of
proof by contradiction
in English
Russian
доведение до противоречия
Portuguese
prova por absurdo
Spanish
demostracion por reduccion al absurdo
Catalan
demostració per contradicció
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A form of indirect proof that establishes the truth or validity of a proposition.
indirect proof
apagogical argument
proof by assuming the opposite
reductio ad impossibilem
Related terms
reductio ad absurdum
Russian
доведение до противоречия
Synonyms
Examples for "
indirect proof
"
indirect proof
apagogical argument
proof by assuming the opposite
reductio ad impossibilem
Examples for "
indirect proof
"
1
This declaration, in itself an
indirect
proof
of guilt, occasioned some commotion in the House.
2
Besides, there is
indirect
proof
that Napoleon looked on our blockade of the northern coasts as not unreasonable.
3
An
indirect
proof
of the diminution of the soil is to be found in the depopulation of the country.
4
Since a direct proof is impossible, an attempt was made to construct an
indirect
proof
by a comparison of bodily-organs.
5
At present I am content with the
indirect
proof
that the existence of such a standard is necessary to the existence of the arts.
Grammar, pronunciation and more
Translations for
proof by contradiction
Russian
доведение до противоречия
доказательство от противного
Portuguese
prova por absurdo
demonstração por contradição
prova por contradição
Spanish
demostracion por reduccion al absurdo
prueba por contradicción
argumentum ad absurdum
prueba por contradiccion
demostración por contradicción
reducción al absurdo
demostración por reducción al absurdo
reductio ad absurdum
ad absurdum
reduccion al absurdo
demostracion por contradiccion
demostracion por reducción al absurdo
demostracion por contradicción
Catalan
demostració per contradicció
reductio ad absurdum
reducció a l'absurd
prova per contradicció