% This is a demonstration file distributed with the % Lecturer package (see lecturer-doc.pdf). % % You can recompile the file with a basic TeX implementation, % using pdfTeX or LuaTeX with the plain format. % % The reusable part ends somewhere around line 250. % % Author: Paul Isambert. % Date: July 2010. \input lecturer % Uncomment these to show the grid on which the presentation is built. %\showgrid{1mm} %\showgrid[-.5cm,-.5cm]{1cm}[black] %\showgrid{1cm}[red][.4pt] \font\maintitlefont = cmdunh10 at 23pt \font\slidetitlefont = cmss12 at 20pt \font\subtitlefont = cmss8 \font\titlefont = cmss10 at 20pt \newcolor{darkred}{rgb}{.6 0 0} \setparameter job: mode = presentation author = "Pete Agoras" title = "The square root of 2 ain't rational" date = "Some centuries B.C\rlap." % \rlap creates protrusion fullscreen = true autofullscreen = true font = \tenrm % % Slides for the main matter. % \setparameter slide: everyslide = \everyslide top = 3cm topskip = 1cm left = 3.1cm right = 5cm baselineskip = .5cm areas* = "title by author date" bookmarkstyle = italic font = \tenrm vpos = top \def\everyslide{% \position{top}\slidetitle \position{left}{\Author\par\Date} \position{menu}{\quitvmode\showbookmarks\Bookmarks} \position{menu}[0pt,0pt]{\the\numexpr\slidenumber-1\relax} } % % Left and top areas. % \setarea{left} hshift = 0pt width = 3cm right = .1cm hpos = rf bottom = .5cm vpos = bottom foreground = darkred font = \subtitlefont \setarea{top} left = 3.1cm vshift = 0pt height = 2cm vpos = bottom font = \titlefont \setarea{vline hline} frame = "width = .15pt, color = black" \setarea{vline} hshift = 3cm width = 0pt \setarea{hline} vshift = 2cm height = 0pt % % The circle with the slide number. % \setarea{menu} width height = 1cm vshift* hshift* topskip = .5cm vpos = bottom hpos = rr \newsymbol\Bookmarks[.35cm,padding=.1pt] {pen .05, move 1 -.6, circle lu 1, circle ur 1, circle rd 1, circle dl 1, } % % The maths on the right. % \setarea{math} width = 2cm hshift* = 1.1cm vshift* = 5.35cm vshift = 5.25cm topskip = .8cm foreground = white background = black frame = width=.1cm,corner=round % No space => no need for quotes or braces. No readability either. hpos = rr % % The title slide. % \setslide{titleslide} areas = "title by author date" bookmark = false hpos = rr everyslide = {} \setarea{title} hshift* = 1cm hpos = rr vshift = 2cm height = 1.3cm topskip = 1cm background = darkred foreground = white frame = "width = .5em, corner = round, color = black" font = \maintitlefont \setarea{by} hshift* = 5.8cm hpos = rr vshift = 4.5cm height = .8cm topskip = 10pt top = 3pt background = black foreground = white frame = "width = .5em, corner = round" font = \it \setarea{author} hshift* = 5cm hpos = rr vshift = 6.3cm height = 25pt topskip = 15pt top = 4pt background = black foreground = white frame = "width = .5em, corner = round, color = darkred" font = \slidetitlefont \setarea{date} hshift* = 5.5cm vshift* = 1.7cm height = .8cm bottom = .3cm topskip = 0pt vpos = bottom background = white foreground = black frame = "width = .5em, corner = bevel, color = darkred" hpos = rr % % For the appendices. % We remove the math area instead % of redefining \everyslide. % \setslide{appslide} top = 2.5cm areas*= "math title by author date" \abovedisplayshortskip = 0cm \belowdisplayshortskip = 0cm \abovedisplayskip = 0pt \belowdisplayskip = 0pt % % Steps. % \setparameter step: vskip = .5cm % With this macro, the item symbol is always on the screen % (since the step is "visible"). \def\Step{% \step[visible=true]\quitvmode\llap{\stepsym\kern.2cm}% \step} % % The maths. % \setstep\emptystep everyvstep everyhstep = {} vskip hskip = 0pt \def\domath#1 #2 #3{% \emptystep[on=#1,off=#2] \domathstep{#3}% } \def\Domath#1 #2{% \emptystep[off=#1,visible=true] \domathstep{#2}% } \def\domathstep#1{% \position{math}[0pt,0pt]{$#1$}% } % % Item symbols. % \newsymbol\stepsym[2mm,padding=0pt] {color darkred, + 1 .5, + -1 .5, fill,} \newsymbol\backsym[2mm,padding=0pt] {color darkred, move 1 0, + -1 .5, + 1 .5, fill,} % % Navigation to the appendices. % \def\Back#1{% \presentationonly{\usecolor{darkred}{\gotoB{#1}{\subtitlefont\backsym\kern.3em Back}}}% } \def\To#1{% \usecolor{darkred}{\gotoA{#1}{\subtitlefont\stepsym\kern.3em See why}}% } % % And some structure. % \def\section#1{% \def\sectiontitle{#1}% \createbookmark[nosubmenutext,open]{.5}{#1}% } % \endinput %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% % % % UNCOMMENT THE PREVIOUS LINE TO USE THIS FILE AS A TEMPLATE, % % OR REMOVE EVERYTHING BELOW. % % % %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \titleslide \position{title}\Title \position{by}{A Casual Talk By} \position{author}\Author \position{date}\Date \endtitleslide \section{Demonstration} \slide[A simple assumption,font=] \step[on=A]\position{math}[0cm,0cm]{} \domath A B {{a\over b}=\sqrt2} \domath B C {({a\over b})^2=2} \domath C D {{a^2\over b^2}=2} \domath D {} {a^2=2b^2} \Step Some say the square root of 2 isn't rational. \step Suppose it were. \Step[A] Then we could write it as this, where $a$ and $b$ are integers without a common factor. \To{app1} \Step[B] But then we can also write this. \step[C] And this. \step[D] And finally this. \step Which means that $a^2$ is even. \endslide \slide[Its consequences] \step[on=A]\position{math}[0cm,0cm]{} \Domath A {a^2=2b^2} \domath A B {(2k)^2=2b^2} \domath B C {4k^2=2b^2} \domath C D {2k^2=b^2} \Step[visible=true] So what? \step So $a$ is even. Because only even numbers produce even squares. \To{app2} \Step[A] Being even means being expressible in the form $2k$, where $k$ is any integer. \step[B] And $(2k)^2$ square gives $4k^2$. \Step[C] Let's simplify. \step Thus $b^2$ is even. \step And $b$ is too. \endslide \slide[The problem] \step[on=A]\position{math}[0cm,0cm]{} \domath A {} {{a\over b}\neq\sqrt2} \Step[visible=true] And but so we said $a$ and $b$ have no common factor. \Step If both are even they do have a common factor: 2. \step Which is absurd. \Step Thus, our basic assumption is false. \step[A] There are no such $a$ and $b$. \Step The square root of 2 is irrational. \step Too bad. \endslide \section{Appendices} \appslide[All fractions are reducible] \Step[visible=true] Suppose $c\over d$ is a rational number. If c and d have no common factor, then $a=b$ and $b=d$. If they have a common factor, divide both by their greatest common divisor. The result is $a\over b$, with no common factor. \kern1em\Back{app1} \endappslide \appslide[An even square has an even root] \Step[visible=true] An even number, by definition, is expressible in the form $2k$, where $k$ is any integer. On the other hand, an odd number is expressible by % $$2k+1$$ % Thus the square of an odd number is % $$(2k+1)^2$$ i.e. $$4k^2+4k+1$$ i.e. $$2\times2(k^2+k)+1$$ % which is of the form $2k+1$ with $2(k^2+k)$ as $k$. Hence, an odd number produces an odd square, and thus if a square is even its root is even too. \kern1em\Back{app2} \endappslide \bye