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> Why include a script rather than a proof? One reason is that the proof is straight-forward but tedious and the script is compact.

Yes the script lets you check that the result is correct, but a proof lets you see why it's correct. A good proof might even give you a sense of how you could have discovered the result yourself, or how you might generalize it.



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