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quod erat demonstrandum

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  • phrase which was to be proved; which was to be demonstrated.

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From Latin quod erat dēmonstrandum ("that which was to be proved"), calqued from Ancient Greek ὅπερ ἔδει δεῖξαι (hoper edei deixai, "precisely what was required to be proved").

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