8.6: Summary
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- Important definitions:
- proof by induction
- base case, induction step
- induction hypothesis
- relatively prime
- Whenever you need to prove a statement with an n in it, you should consider using induction.
- Sequences of numbers are sometimes defined “recursively,” which means that the value of a term may depend on previous terms.
- There are several alternate forms of induction, including strong induction, generalized induction, and strong induction with multiple base cases.
- N is well-ordered.
- If a and b are relatively prime, then ma+nb=1, for some m,n∈Z.
- Notation:
- ∑nk=1ak=a1+a2+⋯+an.