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Re:What's your favorite math proof? by tokenadult on Monday December 07, 2009 @05:46PM (#982405)
Thales's proof that any angle inscribed in a semicircle is a right angle.

http://www.cut-the-knot.org/pythagoras/Munching/inscribed.sh...

Re:What's your favorite math proof? by RiderOfGiraffes on Monday December 07, 2009 @05:58PM (#982438)
Oh, cool, I forgot that one. Thanks! Especially nice is the symmetry argument instead of the tedious angle-chasing, although the angle-chasing technique generalises.