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Math Haiku: Counterexample

September 2, 2015

A haiku defining 'counterexample', with a small illustration.

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Counterexample: "brave little David / who topples the Goliath / with a single stone" [tiny "counterexample" slings a stone at a giant "conjecture"]

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