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Lesson 059 · Step 1 of 4Streak 00

Induction in two parts

To prove a statement P(n)P(n) for every integer n≥1n \ge 1, prove two things.

Base case: P(1)P(1) is true. Inductive step: if P(k)P(k) is true, then P(k+1)P(k + 1) is true.

Like dominoes, the first one falls, and each one knocks over the next, so all of them fall.