From: Tony Prete (tonyp@waterw.com)
Date: Thu Jan 22 1998 - 12:25:47 EST
At 01:18 PM 1/22/98 +1030, you wrote:
>This isn't exactly a b-greek question so please forgive me...
>
>At the end of solutions to problems or theorem proofs, the letters QED
>are often used to state that enough information has been presented to
>justify the conclusion.
>
>I believe the letters are a Latin acronym. What do they actually mean?
Quod Erat Demonstrandum, (That Which Was To Have Been Shown [Proven,
Demonstrated, etc.]), or, more colloquially, This is what I set out to prove.
Anthony Prete
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