Mathematical English Usage - a Glossary

by Jerzy Trzeciak

contradiction

[see also: contrary, otherwise]

To obtain a contradiction, we suppose that......

Assume, to derive a contradiction, that......

Striving for a contradiction, assume that......

Suppose, for contradiction, that......

......, which is a contradiction.

Now we have the required contradiction since......

This leads to the contradiction that 0<a<b=0.

......, in contradiction with Lemma 2.

This is a clear contradiction of the fact that......


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