I thought only inbred, braindead southerners used "ought" these days.

And what word would you suggest to replace it?

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Original post by ZealousElixir
It ought to, at least to the erudite ones. CQFD stands for "Ce qu'il fallait démontrer." This is the functional equivalent of the Latin expression QED ("quod erat demonstrandem", IIRC). Both mean, "Which was to be proved," and are used to show that the desired conclusion of a particular set of problem-solving steps has been reached, and the answer provided.

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Quelle culture! Ah, ZE, ne cesse jamais de partager ton vaste savoir avec nous!

Pour la culture!

Cédric

[edited by - cedricl on November 3, 2002 11:08:55 AM]

Chose sûre, camarade!

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Original post by ZealousElixir
It ought to, at least to the erudite ones. CQFD stands for "Ce qu''il fallait démontrer." This is the functional equivalent of the Latin expression QED ("quod erat demonstrandem", IIRC). Both mean, "Which was to be proved," and are used to show that the desired conclusion of a particular set of problem-solving steps has been reached, and the answer provided.

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I''ve never heard of CQFD, although given the context I was able to relate it to QED. Either way, though, I prefer W^5. I speak english, so should my proofs

CM

Heh, I'd actually never heard of w⁵, but I guessed it was "which was what was wanted," and Google confirmed. Gotta love inductive reasoning

[edited by - zealouselixir on November 3, 2002 3:56:06 PM]

Wha..? A word multiplied by itself doesn''t make sense. It should be 5w

Is the abbreviation set closed under multiplication by a scalar quantity?

Cédric

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Original post by jarod83
a,b are vectors.

If you know that |a|=2, |b|=3 and |a+b|=3, how wolud you find the coordinates of vector a and vector b?

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jarod83,

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