Argument

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An argument is a statement (premise) or group of statements (premises) offered in support of another statement (conclusion). Argument may refer to:

deductive argument, if valid, the conclusion follows by necessity
inductive argument, if strong, the conclusion is, at best, probably true
logical argument, a demonstration of a proof, or using logical reasoning for persuasion
oral argument, a verbal presentation to a judge by a lawyer
verb argument, a phrase in a sentence that qualifies a verb
heuristic argument, a proof or demonstration relying on experimental results, or one which is not fully rigorous
ontological argument, a proof by intuition or reason of the existence of God
political argument, the use of logic rather than propaganda in promoting political ideas
doublespeak argument, the use of misleading or irrelevant reasoning by one side during a debate
javelin argument, a cosmological reasoning about the infinite size of the universe
The Argument, an album by the band Fugazi released in 2001
argument (literature), the brief summary at the beginning of a section of a poem
grand argument story, a type of story that is intended to be conceptually complete

In mathematics, argument may also mean:

independent variable or input of a function: the argument of [f(x)] is [x]
complex argument, the angular component φ of a complex number represented in polar coordinates
argument principle, a theorem in complex analysis about meromorphic functions inside and on a closed contour
diagonal argument, a type of proof over an infinite domain, used to identify the cardinal class of the real numbers
probabilistic argument, any proof using probability theory

In computer science, argument may also mean:

argument (computer science), an input to a subprogram or subroutine

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