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May 13, 2006 12:01
18 yrs ago
English term

proof-size

English to German Other Materials (Plastics, Ceramics, etc.) Science Fiction
... that any scrap of data, any proof-size patch of algebra...
Could that just be a piece of paper with fixed measurements like German DIN A4?
Proposed translations (German)
3 +1 jedes Datenfitzelchen, auch wenn's nur ein klitzekleiner algebraischer Beweis ist

Discussion

Ricki Farn May 13, 2006:
Sounds more like "a few lines of (algebraic) calculations, which are enough to make up a mathematical proof" to me. Which would also be a "scrap of data". Is there something in the context that makes you think of paper sizes?

Proposed translations

+1
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jedes Datenfitzelchen, auch wenn's nur ein klitzekleiner algebraischer Beweis ist

*hinschreib, da gerade im Kopf aufgetaucht* :-)
Peer comment(s):
agree Ingeborg Gowans (X) : nicht schlecht fuer "hinschreib" hab nicht immer solche Geistesblitze
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