Math with Bad DrawingsCartoon Archive

Proof by Contradiction

February 25, 2019

A triangle with two right angles is dying (impossible in Euclidean geometry) and goes peacefully to elliptic space, where it can exist.

Content note: Mock deathbed scene.

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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2019-02-25-proof-by-contradiction/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Transcript

A (holding a dying triangle): "NOOOOOO! Don't give up on me, Triangle With Two Right Angles!"

Triangle: "It's okay. I go to a better space. An elliptic space…"

Topics
Logic & Proof › Proof by ContradictionGeometry › Non-Euclidean GeometryGeometry › Triangles › Angle SumLogic & Proof › Proofs & Theorems
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