Duncan - I hope you are not going to be satisfied with an inductive
proof - using simple examples of course is inductive -
Chris
On Saturday, May 10, 2003, at 07:47 AM, Duncan Williamson wrote:
> John,
>
> You need to send away this student with the following task: prove it!
>
> Get the student to build a series of simple examples with numbers on
> them
> that will either prove or disprove his point.
>
> What I think is happening is that this student has conceptualised from
> empty supply schedules: just a graph with no quantity values and no
> price
> values and then decided that if the supply curve passes through the Y
> axis,
> then 'x' is the case ...
>
> Student should then report back to your group and be prepared to take
> some
> flak and/or heaps of praise!
>
> Duncan Williamson
>
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