The Latin phrase is "reductio ad absurdum", meaning reduction to absurdity. You assume the opposite and show that logically it leads to a contradiction and therefore cannot be true.
The term that best describes a proof in which you assume the opposite of what you want to prove is 'indirect proof'.
The term that best describes a proof in which you assume the opposite of what you want to prove is 'indirect proof'.
proof by contradiction
Proof in which one assumes the opposite of what you have to prove is indirect proof. In indirect proof a person can draw a conclusion from assuming the opposite is true and then find a conclusion.
Proof by contradiction (APEX)
false
The Latin phrase is "reductio ad absurdum", meaning reduction to absurdity. You assume the opposite and show that logically it leads to a contradiction and therefore cannot be true.
True. (apex)
Contradiction or indirect proof.
It is true.
It is true.
Yes. It also called proof by "reduction ad absurdum".