Jon Awbrey<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/@chris_sangwin" class="u-url mention">@<span>chris_sangwin</span></a></span> </p><p>Don&#39;t know about the “elementary” part but I think I first read about that particular <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/Heuristic" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Heuristic</span></a> in <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/Polya" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Polya</span></a>&#39;s <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/HowToSolveIt" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>HowToSolveIt</span></a>, where he remarks it working especially well in <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/Proofs" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Proofs</span></a> by <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/MathematicalInduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MathematicalInduction</span></a>, where it acts to <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/PrimeThePump" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>PrimeThePump</span></a> of the <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/InductiveProof" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>InductiveProof</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/Synchronicity" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Synchronicity</span></a> being what it is, this came up just the other day in a more general setting ☟</p><p>• <a href="https://inquiryintoinquiry.com/2022/10/14/abduction-deduction-induction-analogy-inquiry-31/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">inquiryintoinquiry.com/2022/10</span><span class="invisible">/14/abduction-deduction-induction-analogy-inquiry-31/</span></a></p>