That's when you say two or more things that cannot both be true, such as, "The one and only solution is 3," and, "The one and only solution is 17."
There is no contradiction.
Proof by contradiction is also known by its Latin equivalent, reductio ad absurdum.
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Yes. A number can be either rational or irrational, but never both; otherwise there would be an inherent contradiction.
Yes, that's how it is done. Assuming the contrary should eventually lead you to some contradiction.
There is no contradiction.
In general a contradiction cannot be proved.
An oxymoron is a contradiction that contains irony.
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Walking Contradiction was created in 1995.
Contradiction - album - was created in 1976-05.
A contradiction of a statement is a statement that proves the previous statement wrong.
Contradiction is a noun. Contradict would be the verb form.
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The politician's speech was a contradiction of everything he said the day before.
To demonstrate the validity of a statement using proof by absurdity or contradiction, we assume the opposite of the statement is true and then show that this assumption leads to a logical contradiction or absurdity. This contradiction proves that the original statement must be true.