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Re:School vs. Wikipedia by simiones on Friday October 07, 2022 @01:53PM (#33124717)
Only for experts capable of following the proof. For everyone else, it's a magical formula.

Not to mention, I very very much doubt that those articles prove every property they present (since I've never seen a math text of any kind do that, essentially).

Re:School vs. Wikipedia by Someone on Friday October 07, 2022 @02:18PM (#33125036)
You’ll always need some axioms to build on.

If you allow that, proofs made using proof assistants prove every property they present.

And of course, Principia Mathematica (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principia_Mathematica) is a non-computer example.

Both get tedious fast if you try to understand a proof from the axioms up. That’s why you’ll rarely find a publication starting from almost zero.