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Comment by pxeger1

5 days ago

"Proven" is not incorrect, although sometimes proscribed. https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/proven#Usage_notes

"Proved" means demonstrated with a formal mathematical argument.

"Proven" refers to something confirmed over time, often used more informally.

"Proofed" is an editorial term—preparing text for publication.

  • To people who accept "proven" as the past participle of "prove", there is no difference. The only reason it would be rejected in English writing about mathematics might be that a good many of mathematicians are also pedants for prescriptive grammar. It is not a mathematical issue whatsoever.