Tuesday, 21 June 2016

elementary number theory - Use mathematical induction to prove that any integer nge2 is either a prime or a product of primes.




Use strong mathematical induction to prove that any integer n2 is either a prime or a product of primes.



I know the steps of weak mathematical induction...
Basis step: p(n) for n=1 or any arbitrary n0 ... show that it is true
Inductive hypothesis: p(n) for n=k ... Assume that it is true for n=k
Inductive step: P(n) for n=k+1 ... Show that this is true for n=k+1


Answer



Strong induction means following: suppose P(0) and that $P(k),k

For this question, our base is n=2, which is prime, so the statement holds. Now assume n>2 and that every $k

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