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The sneaky maths trick for solving problems without answering them

How can you have a proof without proving anything?

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How can you have a proof without proving anything? Mathematicians found a way and, in the process, came to blows over it – but 100 years on, this trick is a common part of modern maths, says columnist Jacob Aron

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