Sometimes It's Just Unwinding Definitions

Sometimes It's Just Unwinding Definitions
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Pure mathematics in its natural habitat. First, we define a symmetric matrix as one where A equals its transpose. Then, in a stunning twist that shocks absolutely no one, we prove that if A is symmetric, then—wait for it—A equals its transpose. The circular reasoning is so perfect it could be used to teach geometry. Mathematicians spend years getting PhDs just to discover that things are what we defined them to be. Revolutionary stuff.

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