Motives for Finding Alternative Proofs

John W. Dawson
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John W. Dawson: Penn State York

Chapter Chapter 2 in Why Prove it Again?, 2015, pp 7-11 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Four motives for seeking new proofs of previously established results have already been mentioned in Chapter 1 : the desires (1) to correct errors or fill perceived gaps in earlier arguments; (2) to eliminate superfluous or controversial hypotheses; (3) to extend a theorem’s range of validity; and (4) to make proofs more perspicuous.

Keywords: Peano Arithmetic; Automate Theorem Prove; Prime Number Theorem; Conceptual Prerequisite; Planar Proof (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-17368-9_2

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