Disproof by counter example
What Disproof by counter example means in Mathematics A-Level, as defined for AQA, Pearson Edexcel.
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Gives one valid case where the statement fails, providing a specific counter example that satisfies the conditions but makes the statement false.
Provides a specific example that satisfies the conditions but makes the statement false, disproving a universal claim.
Topics that use Disproof by counter example
Related terms
- counter-example
- Irrational Number
- Proof
- Proof by contradiction
- Proof by deduction
- Proof by exhaustion
- Rational Number
- deduction (direct proof)
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