Tuesday, 16 September 2014

algebra precalculus - Prove that the next integer greater than (3+sqrt5)n is divisible by 2n where n is a natural number.

Prove that the next integer greater than (3+5)n is divisible by 2n where n is a natural number. The problem is given in a chapter of induction.
It is actually a part of this whole question:




If Sn=(3+5)n+(35)n, show that Sn is an integer and that Sn+1=6Sn4Sn1.
Deduce that the next integer greater than (3+5)n is divisible by 2n.



I could do the first two parts. The first part I have done by induction and the second part by simply using the given formula. I cannot proceed at all in the third part. I think it may need induction. Please give any solutions regarding the third one and see whether the second one can be proved using induction.

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