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26.5.5 Common Pitfalls in Induction

26.5 Mathematical Induction

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26.5.5 Common Pitfalls in Induction

Core idea

Skip the base case or fail to actually use the assumption, and the dominoes won't fall

Module goal. Provide a rigorous proof tool for statements that must hold for every positive integer n, circling back to the general terms and sum formulas found earlier.
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