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martes, 27 de noviembre de 2012

A mathematical induction exercise


Nowadays, I am taking some classes of abstract algebra at UNED, because mathematics is a powerful tool to research and I have in mind starting Ph.D studies (I have a master degree) in the future (perhaps). I want to talk about mathematical induction in this post for practicing Maths and improving my bad English too. 
We have to demonstrate that if n1, then: 1+2+3+...+n=n(n+1)2 Happens for any number. First we check that this happens for 1. 1=1(1+1)2=1 And, we need to check for n+1. 1+2+3+...+n+(n+1)=(n+1)((n+1)+1)2= (n+1)2+(n+1)2=n2+2n+1+n+12= n2+n+2n+22=n(n+1)+2n+22=n(n+1)2+(n+1) Therefore, as we can see: 1+2+3+...+n+(n+1)=n(n+1)2+(n+1)
Quod erat demonstrandum

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