% 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 300. % % Author: Paul Isambert. % Date: July 2010. \input lecturer \font\maintitlefont = cmdunh10 at 23pt \font\slidetitlefont = cmss12 at 20pt \font\subtitlefont = cmss10 \font\titlefont = cmssi10 \newcolor{darkred}{rgb}{.6 0 0} \newcolor{lightgrey}{grey}{.85} \newcolor{darkgrey}{grey}{.7} \setparameter job: mode = presentation % The handout is ready, just turn it on. author = "Pete Agoras" title = "The square root of 2 ain't rational" date = "Some centuries B.C." fullscreen = true autofullscreen = true font = \tenrm % Plain TeX's default, but must be specified % to set it back after a \step with another font. \setparameter slide: everyslide = \everyslide hsize = ".6\pdfpagewidth" top = 76pt bottom = 42pt areas* = "title author date" bookmarkstyle = italic baselineskip = 12pt topskip = \baselineskip \def\everyslide{% \position{topleft}\Title \position{topright}\sectiontitle \position{titlebar}\slidetitle \position{bottomleft}\Author \position{bottommiddle}{% \noindent \dobutton\firstslide\FirstPage \dobutton\prevslide\PrevPage \dobutton\prevstep\PrevStep\kern.3em \dobutton\showbookmarks\Bookmarks\kern.3em \dobutton\nextstep\NextStep \dobutton\nextslide\NextPage \dobutton\lastslide\LastPage\unskip} \position{bottomright}\Date \presentationonly{ \position{math}{% ${a\over b}=\sqrt2$\par $({a\over b})^2=2$\par ${a^2\over b^2}=2$\par $a^2=2b^2$\par $(2k)^2=2b^2$\par $4k^2=2b^2$\par $2k^2=b^2$\par ${a\over b}\neq\sqrt2$}} } \def\dobutton#1#2{% #1[push]{\rlap#2\buttonborder}\hskip1em } % % Top and bottom bars. % \setarea{topleft topright bottomleft bottommiddle bottomright} height = 18pt \setarea{topleft bottomleft} background = darkred foreground = white \setarea{topright bottomright} background = darkgrey foreground = darkred \setarea{topright bottomleft bottomright} font = \subtitlefont \setarea{topleft topright} width = ".5\pdfpagewidth" right left = 1em \setarea{bottomleft bottommiddle bottomright} vshift* = 0pt width = "\pdfpagewidth/3" hpos = rr \setarea{topleft} hpos = rf font = \titlefont \setarea{topright} hshift* = 0pt hpos = fr \setarea{titlebar} vshift = 18pt left = 1em height = 40pt background = lightgrey foreground = darkred topskip = 30pt hpos = fr font = \slidetitlefont % bottomleft is already fully specified. \setarea{bottommiddle} hshift = "\pdfpagewidth/3" topskip = "\symbolheight\buttonborder+3pt" background = lightgrey foreground = white \setarea{bottomright} hshift* = 0pt % % The maths on the right. % \setarea{math} width = ".2\pdfpagewidth" hshift* = 0pt vshift = 58pt vshift* = 18pt foreground = "grey .75" hpos = fr vpos = center baselineskip = 18pt % % The title slide. % \setslide{titleslide} areas = "title author date topleft topright" bookmark = false hpos = rr everyslide = {} \setarea{title} hshift* = 1cm vshift = 2.5cm height = 45pt topskip = 25pt background = darkred foreground = white top = 1em frame = "width=.2em, corner=round, color=darkgrey" hpos = rr font = \maintitlefont \setarea{author} hshift* = 5cm vshift = 6cm height = 28pt topskip = 20pt background = lightgrey foreground = white frame = "width=.5em, corner=round" hpos = rr font = \slidetitlefont \setarea{date} hshift* = 5.5cm vshift = 9cm height = 22pt topskip = 10pt background = white foreground = black top = 5pt frame = "width=.5em, corner=bevel, color=lightgrey" hpos = rr % % For the appendices. % We remove the math area instead % of redefining \everyslide. % \setslide{appslide} areas* = "math title author date" % % Default step. % \setparameter step: everyvstep = "\quitvmode\llap{\itemsymbol\kern.5em}" vskip = 18pt % % Foreground math. % \setstep\emptystep everyvstep everyhstep = {} vskip hskip = 0pt \def\domath#1 #2 #3 {% \emptystep[on=#2,off=#3] \domathstep{#1}% } \def\Domath#1 #2 {% \emptystep[off=#2,visible=true] \domathstep{#1}% } \def\domathstep#1{% \presentationorhandout{\position{math}[0pt,#1\dimexpr18pt\relax]}{\position{math}} {\quitvmode\llap{\mathsym\kern.3em}\usecolor{black}{\typemath{#1}}}% } \def\typemath#1{% $\ifcase#1 {a\over b}=\sqrt2 \or ({a\over b})^2=2 \or {a^2\over b^2}=2 \or a^2=2b^2 \or (2k)^2=2b^2 \or 4k^2=2b^2 \or 2k^2=b^2 \or {a\over b}\neq\sqrt2 \fi$} % % Navigation symbols. % \newcolor{button}{grey}{.95} \newcolor{darkbutton}{grey}{.68} \newsymbol\buttonborder[.7pt] {color button, + 0 16, + 16 0, stroke, color darkbutton, move 0 0, + 16 0, + 0 16 } \newsymbol\NextStep[.7pt] {move 3 3, + 10 5,+ -10 5, } \newsymbol\PrevStep[.7pt] {move 3 3, move + 10 0, + -10 5,+ 10 5, } \newsymbol\NextPage[.7pt] {move 3 3, + 10 5,+ -10 5, close, } \newsymbol\PrevPage[.7pt] {move 3 3, move + 10 0, + -10 5,+ 10 5, close, } \newsymbol\LastPage[.7pt] {move 3 3, + 10 5,+ -10 5, close, move 3 3, move + 10 0, + 0 10, } \newsymbol\FirstPage[.7pt] {move 3 3, move + 10 0, + -10 5, + 10 5, close, move 3 3, + 0 10, } \newsymbol\Bookmarks[.7pt] {move 3 3, move + 0 1, + 10 0, move 3 3, move + 0 5, + 10 0, move 3 3, move + 0 9, + 10 0, } % % Item symbols. % \newsymbol\itemsymbol[.6em,padding=0pt] {color darkred, + 1 0, + 0 1, + -1 0, fill,} \newsymbol\mathsym[.5em,padding=0pt] {color darkred, + 1 .5, + -1 .5, fill,} \newsymbol\backsym[.5em,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{% \presentationorhandout{\usecolor{darkred}{\gotoA{#1}{\subtitlefont\mathsym\kern.3em See why}}} {{\usecolor{darkred}{\subtitlefont\mathsym\kern.3em(See Appendices)}}}% } % % 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{author}[0cm,-1.7cm]{\it\usecolor{black}{A Casual Talk By}} \position{author}\Author \position{date}\Date \endtitleslide \section{Demonstration} \slide[A simple assumption] \domath0 A B \domath1 B C \domath2 C D \domath3 D {} \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] \Domath3 A \domath4 A B \domath5 B C \domath6 C D \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] \domath7 A {} \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. \vskip\baselineskip \Back{app1} \endappslide \appslide[An even square has an even root,scale=true] \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. \vskip\baselineskip \Back{app2} \step[visible=true,font=\it] You might have noticed that this page is slightly scaled to accommodate its content to the slide's declared {\tt\usecolor{darkred}{vsize}} parameter. Actually, it is scaled because I stretch this paragraph so as to have too much content. Which is kind of paradoxical. Or just opportunistic. \endappslide \bye