abbreviation from the
Latin quod erat demonstrandum which literally means "which was to be shown or demonstrated." It is used at the end of the proof of some
statement (especially a mathematical
formula) with the meaning "Thus have we proved the
proposition stated above, as we were required to do." The expression is sometimes used with the sense of "quite easily done." And somebody who has been put through the
TRs can then
use CCH processes. QED -nothing to it.
-How We Have Ad dressed the Problem of the Mind (4 July 1957) abbreviation from the
Latin quod erat demonstrandum which literally means "which was to be shown or demonstrated." It is used at the end of the proof of some
statement (especially a mathematical
formula) with the meaning "Thus have we proved the
proposition stated above, as we were required to do." The expression is sometimes used with the sense of "quite easily done."