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  • Aug 31, 2026, 7:43 AM
    retooted Alan J. Cain

    @the_roamer @DrYohanJohn @davidjamesweir

    From Krantz, ‘Mathematical Apocrypha’:

    ‘In the 1950's, it was said in Princeton that there were four definitions of the word "obvious." If something is obvious in the sense of Beckenbach, then it is true and you can see it immediately. If something is obvious in the sense of Chevalley, then it is true and it will take you several weeks to see it. If something is obvious in the sense of Bochner, then it is false and it will take you several weeks to see it. If something is obvious in the sense of Lefschetz, then it is false and you can see it immediately.‘

    #ItIsObvious

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