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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>exercise, left as an</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../E.html" title="E"/><link rel="previous" href="exec.html" title="exec"/><link rel="next" href="Exon.html" title="Exon"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">exercise, left as an</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="exec.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">E</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="Exon.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="exercise--left-as-an"/><dt xmlns="" id="exercise--left-as-an"><b>exercise, left as an</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">adj.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [from technical books] Used to complete a proof when one doesn't
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mind a <a href="../H/handwave.html"><i class="glossterm">handwave</i></a>, or to avoid one entirely. The
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complete phrase is: “<span class="quote">The proof [or ‘the rest’] is left as
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an exercise for the reader.</span>” This comment <span class="emphasis"><em>has</em></span>
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occasionally been attached to unsolved research problems by authors
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possessed of either an evil sense of humor or a vast faith in the
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