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Categories: Articles with short description, Mathematical induction, Articles containing proofs
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mathematical induction  Proof Of Mathematical Induction  axiom of induction  Axiom schema of induction  base case
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A means of proving a theorem by showing that if it is true of any particular case, it is true of the next case in a series, and then showing that it is indeed true in one particular case. Open English WordNet
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A means of proving a theorem by showing that if it is true of any particular case, it is true of the next case in a series, and then showing that it is indeed true in one particular case. Open English WordNet
Mathematical induction is a method for proving that a statement P {\displaystyle P} is true for every natural number n {\displaystyle n}, that is, that the infinitely many cases P, P, P, P, … {\displaystyle P,P,P,P,\dots }   all hold. Wikipedia
A method of proof in the field of mathematics Wikipedia Disambiguation
Form of mathematical proof Wikidata
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Next, we illustrate this process again, by using mathematical induction to give a proof of an important result, which is frequently used in algebra, calculus, probability and other topics. Open English WordNet
IS A
mathematical proof
HAS KIND
transfinite induction
DESCRIBED BY SOURCE
Otto's encyclopedia
DIFFERENT FROM
generalization
magnetic flux density
DISCOVERER OR INVENTOR
Bernoulli
Pascal
Euclid
Fermat
Plato
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base case, induction, natural number induction, proof by induction

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