Thursday, 12 March 2015

discrete mathematics - prove using strong mathematical induction Sk=2((k+1)/2)



I used induction to find the following formula:
Sk=2((k+1)/2) for when k is odd. I now need to use induction to prove this formula is right.



I'm not sure how to prove this using strong mathematical induction. Any help is appreciated. I know you are meant to plug (k+2) in for k is that the only difference?



edit - Sk=2Sk2



Answer



Assume S1=2. Base case is obvious (k=1,2). Let nN and suppose Sk=2(k+1)/2 for all 1kn. Now, it follows that Sn+1=2Sn1=2(2(n)/2)=21+(n)/2=2(n+2)/2. Hence by PMI, Sk=2(k+1)/2 is true for all kN.



Remarks: Strong induction is just like induction, except you are assuming that k is true for all 1kn instead of just n.


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