English Explanatory Dictionary

mathematical induction

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A method of proof which, in terms of a predicate P, could be stated as: if P(0) is true and if for any natural number n>0, P(n) implies P(n+1), then P(n) is true for any natural number n.

Word forms

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