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by cman1444 9 hours ago
What is the difference between "beauty" and "elegance" of a proof?
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pfortuny 8 hours ago
"Beauty" is something I cannot define. "Elegance", as I use it, is the use of tools as precisely as possible. It is a technical term, whereas "beauty" I cannot define.

Of course, that is my view of it.

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