1. The Role of Proof in Mathematics

2. The Role of Proof in Mathematics

3. Proof in Mathematics Proofs are to mathematics what spelling (or even calligraphy) is to poetry. Mathematical works do consist of proofs, just as poems do consist of characters. Vladimir Arnold

5. select and use various types of reasoning and methods of proof

8. To explain.

9. Informal and formal.

10. Logic

13. Analytic Geometry

16. 19th Century

17. Pure geometry

19. The most common proof – The Pythagorean Theorem

20. Grade 7 – MathematicsFinding the value of (a-b)2 (Geometrical Proof)

23. Algebra

24. Graphing Technology

28. Graphics technology

29. MIRA

30. Plane mirror

31. Is a method for studying geometry that illustrates congruence and similarity by use of transformations

33. Transformational Proof

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