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1.Summing n k=1 k using Gauss' triangle trick.

2.Irrationality of 2 by proof without words.


3.Niven's proof of the irrationality of .
4.Uncountability of the Reals by Cantor's Diagonal Argument.
5.Denumerability of the Algebraics by Heights and Counting Roots.
6.Infinitude of rimes by both Euclid's roof and Euler's roof.
7.Constructibility of the Regular 17-gon by Gauss' exlicit construction.
8.Binomial Theorem by Induction.
9.FLT n=4 by Fermat's Infinite Descent.
10.Every PID is a UFD.
11.The lim n (1+1 n ) n =e by L'Hital's Rule.
12.Pick's Theorem by reduction to triangles and squares.
13.Fibonacci numbers in terms of the Golden Ratio by recurrence relations.
14.R n is a metric sace in more than one way.
15.Euler's Formula e i =cos+isin by differentiation.
16.Summing k1 1 k 2
by Fourier series.
17.Quadratic reciprocity by Eisenstein's proof (counting lattice points).
18.(Z/nZ) is a group (of units) for nN , and Z/pZ is a field for prime p .
19.Euler's formula ve+f=2 for planar graphs.
20.Fundamental Theorem of Algebra by Liouville's Theorem.

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