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July 4th, 2009, 07:21 AM
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Mathematical Induction
Let p
greater than or equal to 3
be an integer.Alpha and beta are the roots of
x^2-(p+1)x+1=0
.Using mathematical induction ,prove that
alpha^n+beta^n
1)is an integer
2)is not divisible by p
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