The sentiment here expressed is no doubt somewhat tongue-in-cheek, so it's unclear how seriously to respond to it. But, for the record, obfuscation is not the whole job of any mathematics professor. Most strive ceaselessly to make themselves clear. (And usually fail, alas.)
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What is true is that few mathematics professors are willing to confess publicly their private heuristics and intuitions; as Grothendieck once famously lamented, a perverse taboo among them seems to seal their lips on these matters, which, as Leibniz correctly argued, matter most.
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I'more qualified to count as a mathematician than a computer scientist! I've got a masters in (mostly pure) mathematics and no formal qualifications in computer science.
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Well if you didn’t get to the ritual with the beans and the pointer, you’re still in the dark. Or in the clear, depending on how you look at it. Anyway, tread carefully, because if you reveal too much, you might have an unfortunate accident.
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Indeed. I'm tracking his location right now and reporting to the council.
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TBH I'm pretty sure the council considers being a computer scientist punishment enough.
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My undergrad tutor at Oxford would say "by an easy induction...", so he at least taught us that it was a thing. I don't think he gave any specific advice on when it was OK to do, though.
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As I like to tell my students, trivial does not mean "a proof is not necessary" but rather "a proof immediately springs into mind". And that depends on the mind.
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