Relatedly, a mathematician friend said that he uses “obvious” to mean “there exists a very short proof of it.” He has been sometimes known to say things like “I think this is obvious but I’m not sure why yet.”
Relatedly, a mathematician friend said that he uses “obvious” to mean “there exists a very short proof of it.” He has been sometimes known to say things like “I think this is obvious but I’m not sure why yet.”