Bj”rn Felten wrote in a message to Roger Nelson:

 MvdV>> Q.E.D. is what is tradionally written at the end of a
 MvdV>> mathematical proof. So what have you proven? I see no proof above
 MvdV>> the Q.E.D.

 RN> I offered no proof.  I merely put `Q.E.D' and its description as a means
 RN> of showing you how it is understood here.

 BF>    Meaning that you picked up a posh statement that you didn't
 BF> understand at all, just because it seemed like a hefty thing to do?

 BF>    Obviously you didn't study Latin at school or else you would
 BF> understand what Quod Erat Demonstrandum meant. Please remember that
 BF> many of us European old-timers *DID* study Latin...

Good for you. (EOT)


Regards,

Roger 
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