Template:Handwaving

Usage
Use this template for pages/sections which use handwavery.

These can often be identified by occurrence of phrases expressing an appeal to intuition or an authority, e.g.:
 * It is obvious that ...
 * It is easy to see that ...
 * It can be shown that...
 * It is straightforward to show that...
 * ... which is impossible.
 * Trivially, ...

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or:



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If the article itself is incomplete, consider using the  or   template instead.

(See the stub and WIP templates for usage).

This article contains statements that are justified by handwavery You can help by [ adding precise reasons why such statements hold].

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