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planetsprite
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All Horses Are the Same Color
Does induction generally work for sets of n given any precondition?
H8crilA
on Dec 5, 2021
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Yes. Induction is the mathematics equivalent of recursion. Well, at least if you stay within the space of finite things.
Example: prove that a tree of size n has exactly n-1 edges.
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