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   "MirTopolskiRexPrez"  wrote in message   
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   > Intelli Gence wrote:   
   >>  The QED thing I do not understand. Mine english is not so good.   
   >   
   > It's Latin.   
   > From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:   
   > - Q.E.D. is an abbreviation of the Latin phrase "quod erat   
   > - demonstrandum" (literally, "that which was to be demonstrated"). This   
   > - is a translation of the Greek oper edei deixai which was used by many   
   > - early mathematicians inlcuding Euclid and Archimedes.   
      
   The early mathematicians all left when they realized that lunch would not be   
   served for some time. They resolved not to be so early next time around.   
      
   Q.E.D. may be   
   > - written at the end of mathematical proofs to show that the result   
   > - required for the proof to be complete has been obtained. It is not   
   > - seen as frequently now as in earlier centuries.   
      
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