Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site yale.ARPA Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!yale!dardik From: dardik@yale.ARPA (The Lord ) Newsgroups: net.math Subject: Induction help, please? Message-ID: <5264@yale.ARPA> Date: Wed, 3-Oct-84 20:12:50 EDT Article-I.D.: yale.5264 Posted: Wed Oct 3 20:12:50 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 4-Oct-84 08:26:10 EDT Distribution: net Organization: Yale University CS Dept., New Haven CT Lines: 9 I have just learned from my recent computer science classes (in Discrete Mathematics and Algorithms, CS 260 at Yale) that I cannot do induction. I can say "yes that is a nice inductive proof", but to come up with one on my own is another story. In other words, I have no talent for it and need some real quickly (and it just turns out that I need it for reasons outside my classwork too). So, could anyone steer me to a book or something similar to help me? Could anyone give me some advice? Or am I doomed? Thanks, -Alan Dardik