Spotting the mistake in a write-up
MCQA student writes an induction by showing only the inductive step ("if P(k) is true then P(k+1) is true"), without ever checking an initial rank. What can be said about their proof?
A student writes an induction by showing only the inductive step ("if P(k) is true then P(k+1) is true"), without ever checking an initial rank. What can be said about their proof?