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Anonymous10/17/26, 16:19No.17076594Plato discovers mathematical induction.
Plato gives the first proof by induction in Parmenides 149c. The hypothesis he gives states that for any row of items n, the number of contacts between items is exactly n-1. This can be proved as follows. The base case is simple, if n=1, then c=0. Setting n=k, and adding one item, k+1, we find that the number of contacts between items is (k-1)+1=k=(k+1)-1, thus showing that a row of n items produces exactly n-1 contacts for every additional case. Based Plato. And /sci/ said philosophers haven't provided anything useful.
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Anon10/19/26, 00:53No.17077213
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Anon10/19/26, 01:27No.17077225
