Lecture 2: Contradiction and Induction

July 22, 2025 1396 Views

MIT 6.1200J Mathematics for Computer Science, Spring 2024
Instructor: Zachary Abel

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Today we will explore some basic (but crucial!) proof techniques, and then two powerful techniques: proof by contradiction and proof by induction.

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