English Explanatory Dictionary

induction hypothesis

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A statement which might be true for any natural number. In mathematical induction, such a statement is proven true for all natural numbers by first proving it for the base case and then proving that each case implies the next.

Word forms

induction hypothesis induction hypotheses

Synonyms

inductive hypothesis IH
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