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		kccqzy 36 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Mathematics for Computer Science (2018) [pdf] Yeah. I have had several different courses teach induction, and nobody really thinks of the WOP. I’m pretty sure most of them skips the WOP when introducing induction.

seanhunter 36 days ago [–]

I’ve seen it used when people show a proof of induction as a theorem. Sometimes they just take the technique of induction as given and don’t prove it.

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