2014-06-07, 12:30 AM
Okay, I give up.
![[Image: kJObrcd.png]](http://i.imgur.com/kJObrcd.png)
I have to prove it via mathematical induction.
Which means I have to make this:
![[Image: FXeg3hI.png]](http://i.imgur.com/FXeg3hI.png)
equal to this:
![[Image: V7Prd3N.png]](http://i.imgur.com/V7Prd3N.png)
right?
Or is it easier to start from the left instead?
p.s. Don't work it out for me; I'll try again when I'm less stressed out.
EDIT: Wait, wait. Hold that thought. WHAT WAS I EVEN DOING ANYWAY. I don't need to equate those two. I need to equate the sum from 1 to k plus the (k+1)th term with the sum to (k+1) using the equation on the other side.
Great. Now I look like an idiot.
EDIT2: Nope, still having problems. I've proven the base case for the conjecture, but the inductive step is proving to be as much of a pain as what I was initially doing.
I have to prove it via mathematical induction.
Which means I have to make this:
equal to this:
right?
Or is it easier to start from the left instead?
p.s. Don't work it out for me; I'll try again when I'm less stressed out.
EDIT: Wait, wait. Hold that thought. WHAT WAS I EVEN DOING ANYWAY. I don't need to equate those two. I need to equate the sum from 1 to k plus the (k+1)th term with the sum to (k+1) using the equation on the other side.
Great. Now I look like an idiot.
EDIT2: Nope, still having problems. I've proven the base case for the conjecture, but the inductive step is proving to be as much of a pain as what I was initially doing.