Jason Paul Collins (born December 2, 1978) is an American professional basketball center with the Washington Wizards of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Collins attended Stanford University, where he was an All-American in 2000–01. He was selected in the first round with the 18th overall pick in the 2001 NBA Draft. On April 29, 2013, Collins became the first active male professional athlete in a major American professional team sport to publicly come out as gay. High school career Collins graduated from Harvard-Westlake School in Los Angeles, where his backup was actor Jason...

Q.E.D. is an initialism of the Latin phrase , originating from the Greek analogous hóper édei deîxai (ὅπερ ἔδει δεῖξαι), meaning "which had to be demonstrated". The phrase is traditionally placed in its abbreviated form at the end of a mathematical proof or philosophical argument when what was specified in the enunciation — and in the setting-out — has been exactly restated as the conclusion of the demonstration. The abbreviation thus signals the completion of the proof. Etymology and early use The phrase quod erat demonstrandum is a translation into Latin from the Greek (; a...