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Are textbook derivations in physics too formulaic?
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[QUOTE="dRic2, post: 6040094, member: 638830"] I think it doesn't really matter how you prove something unless your proof is wrong. For example: Let's say I know A for some reason. From A I show we can derive B, and from B I discover C, D and F. Now let's say I find a way to prove A given D and F. Ok, now imagine I forget about A. What am I going to do? Well, I could use D and F to get A, but - according to your reasoning - this would be cheating because I used A to derive D and F :wideeyed:. If you say so then you are implying that A is "more important", "more fundamental" than B, C, D and F, but I don't think this would be a valid assumption - I mean, it is totally arbitrary. Hope I explained myself clear enough PS: if you find a very nice and smooth proof why would you ignore it just because who solved the problem first used a different approach? It doesn't make much sense. Also if you find an other proof for an argument maybe you will see it under a different point of view and you will be able to discover new things, even if the proof seems artificial. [/QUOTE]
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