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+(3−√5)n, show that Sn is an integer and that Sn+1=6Sn−4Sn−1.
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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