The mathematical equivalent of "the journey is longer than the destination." Spent three weeks proving the Intermediate Value Theorem only to find out it's just "if a continuous function goes from negative to positive, it must cross zero at some point." That's it. That's the theorem. The other 47 pages were just showing off.
What Theorem Is This?
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