Existence Versus Explicit Solution

who wants to prove there exists a solution? who wants to find an explicit solution?

A cartoon professor asks a crowd of mathematicians who wants to prove that a solution exists, and many eagerly raise their hands. When he asks who wants to find an explicit solution, nobody raises a hand. The joke contrasts an easy existence proof with the much harder task of actually constructing or calculating the solution, making it useful as a reaction to difficult technical work. EN: A cartoon professor asks a crowd of mathematicians who wants to prove that a solution exists, and many eagerly raise their hands. When he asks who wants to find an explicit solution, nobody raises a hand. The joke contrasts an easy existence proof with the much harder task of actually constructing or calculating the solution, making it useful as a reaction to difficult technical work.

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