alleryA rigorous proof must be reducible to inference rules without using what?
AClear definitions
BAgreed axioms in use
CEvidence and intuition
DWritten symbols
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Evidence and intuition
1. Rigorous proofs are chains of inference rules.
2. They avoid empirical evidence and intuition.
3. Definitions and axioms are allowed starting points.
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