Proof by Mathematical Induction - How to do a Mathematical Induction Proof ( Example 1 )

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  • Опубликовано: 18 дек 2024

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  • @EggheadWA
    @EggheadWA 9 лет назад +862

    If all math teachers were as clear and concise as you, math wouldn't be considered a hard class. Thank you so much!

  • @sanskaryadav2295
    @sanskaryadav2295 Год назад +144

    You posted this video 10 years before and still, it's helping people. Hat's of to you man.🎉

    • @enganewguinea
      @enganewguinea 7 месяцев назад +3

      True indeep bro. I am getting help from this video now - 2024.

  • @erikmachado4489
    @erikmachado4489 3 года назад +11

    This is the video I 100% recommend for anyone to watch. I watched so many other videos and did not understand it, but what really sets this video apart is him breaking down every step he is doing. And when it comes to proofs and discrete math one step is enough to make you completely lost. GREAT JOB!

  • @lordmortymer
    @lordmortymer 2 года назад +10

    This is probably the best video about proof by induction that I found. Very clear steps, unlike most that skip minor details. For those who are taking discrete math, I recommend you watch this video.

  • @Dayz3O6
    @Dayz3O6 8 лет назад +358

    Screw the text book your explanation is much better!

    • @bharatsharma1026
      @bharatsharma1026 8 лет назад +10

      these text books seem to ruin it for us

    • @petrosandfriends7315
      @petrosandfriends7315 7 лет назад

      Dayz 3O6

    • @AdonayZenebe
      @AdonayZenebe 7 лет назад +7

      Text book are either designed to filter out a lot of people by boredom or are just not compatible with much of the new generation.

    • @mysteriousiamjewishmysteri2373
      @mysteriousiamjewishmysteri2373 7 лет назад +1

      Dayz 3O6 why is there so much knowledge ✖➗➕➖🎓to learn never keep pace?

    • @BenMartic
      @BenMartic 4 года назад

      But you can't literally screw your text books for real

  • @AlmostAnything
    @AlmostAnything 6 лет назад +290

    what if I say I spent fking hours to grasp this thing then finally i found this video. thank a world !!

    • @ukashi694
      @ukashi694 3 года назад +10

      @William John Lol I doubt you understand anything happening in this video.

    • @SAV1080p
      @SAV1080p 3 года назад +3

      i totally get you man! i was think too hardly about it, when its as simple as this guys video. LMFAO

    • @cr3qm650
      @cr3qm650 3 года назад +1

      honestly same

    • @adyfern
      @adyfern 3 года назад +2

      same, i was about to cry out of frustration since I cant get step 3 and I've been trying to for more than an hour when I found this vid smh

  • @Eunanibus
    @Eunanibus 11 лет назад +153

    When a student finally understands something after some difficulty, it's utterly awesome to be able to tell a teacher thank you for their perfect way of teaching you. Thanks so much!

  • @89uchenna
    @89uchenna 8 лет назад +637

    all I need to hear was 'replace'..you are a legend

    • @hassankumail1053
      @hassankumail1053 7 лет назад +11

      SAAMEEE!

    • @ScrepisPrikolistas
      @ScrepisPrikolistas 6 лет назад +16

      EXACTLY! I didn't understand that part as it was very unclearly put

    • @abdullahasif7992
      @abdullahasif7992 6 лет назад +10

      Uchenna it was the same for me
      I spent 2 hours scratching my head but just this one word cleared it for me

    • @20mymysf
      @20mymysf 6 лет назад +15

      Me too!!! Like why didn't my teacher just say that simple word?!

    • @daniellepeddie7427
      @daniellepeddie7427 5 лет назад +1

      lmao

  • @Zeus-nh7mc
    @Zeus-nh7mc 11 месяцев назад +5

    Watching this after 10 years of it's release and still the best video on this topic, I've found on youtube so far.

  • @AmericanScholar82
    @AmericanScholar82 2 месяца назад +2

    Thank you so much! Your explanation was 100% better than my textbook, in which the author skipped several steps in completing the Inductive Step. Now I get it!

  • @cosymarissa
    @cosymarissa 8 лет назад +688

    when you pay $200 for a uni textbook and a FREE youtube video explains it so much better and clearer...

    • @mysteriousiamjewishmysteri2373
      @mysteriousiamjewishmysteri2373 7 лет назад +3

      MarissaMars why yes it does if one has mind heart stomach spine to think ?

    • @narghile7594
      @narghile7594 7 лет назад +2

      doesn't that just piss you off. high tuition fee's high textbook fee's and free ass youtube os the me teaching you shit.

    • @BlueFluGaming
      @BlueFluGaming 7 лет назад +19

      Piracy is the key to success my friend. Never bought a single textbook XD

    • @samermohamed7644
      @samermohamed7644 5 лет назад +3

      This is why online PDFs exist

    • @bekaluetsub1231
      @bekaluetsub1231 5 лет назад

      Keep it up your clarification in this way .....

  • @veilofmayaa
    @veilofmayaa 5 лет назад +2

    I cannot thank you enough for explaining this so clearly. Not missing or assuming that the student knows a particular step and just skipping to the next, for not making it cryptic but factoring or doing any additional step. Thank you very much. I finally understood how this works.

  • @celestemondragon6976
    @celestemondragon6976 10 лет назад +24

    You have just lifted an entire weight of frustration off my shoulders! Thank you so much! My teacher hardly taught this kind of lesson and I asked everywhere and no one understood it! So thank you for clarification! :)

    • @circutgumbo6778
      @circutgumbo6778 Год назад

      ITS BEEN 9 YEARS hope life is going well for you

  • @robertreynolds1849
    @robertreynolds1849 6 лет назад +19

    Hi Paul, I am a mathematics teacher and I want to congratulate you on this absolutely superb explanation!!

  • @Ravishar-maa
    @Ravishar-maa 5 лет назад +40

    its 2019-2013= 6 years old video still useful! thnx from India

    • @deepakshinde2288
      @deepakshinde2288 5 лет назад

      Yes thaks from India🇮🇳

    • @ngd931
      @ngd931 5 лет назад +6

      I used induction and proved your equation right

    • @matthewtrent1981
      @matthewtrent1981 2 года назад

      @@ngd931 Came here to say this hahahaha

  • @SciShorts
    @SciShorts 8 лет назад +2027

    This is where students go to when their teacher aren't good in explaining well.

  • @RulvTeam
    @RulvTeam 9 лет назад +209

    Better than teachers, 10/10

    • @mysteriousiamjewishmysteri2373
      @mysteriousiamjewishmysteri2373 7 лет назад +2

      RulvTeam how many teachers are better then that?

    • @entitydoesvids
      @entitydoesvids 4 года назад +1

      @@mysteriousiamjewishmysteri2373 1% of the teachers on the planet, really not that much teachers.

  • @matthewzaczeniuk4892
    @matthewzaczeniuk4892 5 месяцев назад +1

    You explained this topic in 7 minutes, something my professor couldn't explain in 2 hours! Thank you!

  • @ramziadil8613
    @ramziadil8613 3 года назад +4

    I had taken discrete math and am learning algo right now. I never really understood this concept until I watched your video! This is so clear and concise! Thanks so much for you work!

  • @JStubblefield79391
    @JStubblefield79391 Месяц назад

    Every time I’ve seen an inductive proof example, I always thought the inductive step was illogical and failed to see the elegance of induction. This clarified all of that, thanks!

  • @mmmmmmeghan
    @mmmmmmeghan 9 лет назад +44

    Missed a class due to AP testing and stumbled upon this video while trying to catch up at home on my own time. Must say this is the most clear and concise math video I've seen, thank you so much for producing the content you do! Students everywhere appreciate it - staring blankly at the book trying to make sense of all these variables and integers just wasn't working :)

  • @sirlancerstien
    @sirlancerstien 9 месяцев назад

    FINALLY, an explanation that actually explains every step instead of randomly having k show up with no explanation. Thank you magic math man!

  • @thevegetableaddict4625
    @thevegetableaddict4625 10 лет назад +49

    I watched a lot of videos on this mathamatical induction process. I really didn't have time to sit here on my macbook for more than 30 min to hear a big long lecture- even though I could've probably understood this stuff from watching it, but you are the only RUclipsr that I came across tonight that really helped me understand the concept behind this. I take an online pre-calc course with MyMathLab and it sucks. I understood Sigma notation and arithmetic notation easy from my text, but this stuff is foreign to me. Good job with this video.

  • @MrKushinator420
    @MrKushinator420 6 лет назад

    My discrete math teacher is a first year PHD graduate teaching every problem out of the book, with the book's explanation. I could've just bought the book and gotten the same result, but You're like an actual teacher, thanks for existing.

  • @ichigo140
    @ichigo140 11 лет назад +6

    I just want to say that this tutorial is amazing, and you sir have saved me tons of agony. I didn't understand this for a week, and you made it very easy to learn within 7 minutes. Thank you!

  • @ignisninja5867
    @ignisninja5867 4 года назад

    A perfect math example with clear English taught in an easy to understand way. This is a gem to find.

  • @isatuk1682
    @isatuk1682 8 лет назад +23

    Thanks so much, this is the ONLY video that I actually understand. Even in class it just wasn't clicking, but this video really worked!

  • @dr.birendrakumar4649
    @dr.birendrakumar4649 4 года назад +1

    My day became excellent after seeing this!! Helped me!!

  • @Twiistedmind
    @Twiistedmind 8 лет назад +5

    So basicly, this was a very good video. I'm basicly trying to express my gratitude here, so basicly keep up the good work. (no pun intended)

  • @marshmallow1553
    @marshmallow1553 Месяц назад

    You saved me. I watched other videos and asked chat GPT, but you are the one who made me understand and solve different questions with your method. Thank you

  • @DanniLKoss
    @DanniLKoss 5 лет назад +3

    Aboslute madman, missed 3 weeks of school cus of cancer and you're a savior.

  • @Serenity.Solstice
    @Serenity.Solstice Год назад

    I have a great prof, but I was having a hard time understanding the induction step the way she was explaining it. Thanks for using a less traditional method, it was really helpful!

  • @Ralve_
    @Ralve_ 2 года назад +3

    Wow! This is so well explained, been struggling to understand this for like three days, not anymore!🙂

  • @yogaprakasam892
    @yogaprakasam892 Год назад +1

    Seriously nobody explains it this much understandable.keep doing sir thank you so much 👏👏👏👏

  • @kevinmontano3133
    @kevinmontano3133 8 лет назад +11

    Loved your explanation! Textbook didn't really make it clear that I could replace the left part of the induction step with the base case on the right

  • @ryangarritty9761
    @ryangarritty9761 7 лет назад

    This is by far the most lucid explanation of this proof I have found. Many thanks.

  • @Boosterized
    @Boosterized 9 лет назад +118

    I had a dream that one day I will use my computer to actually study. Today is the most productive shit I've done with the computer since I bought it. Anyways the instructions were very clear, thank you so much.

  • @alberthmckenzie2772
    @alberthmckenzie2772 6 лет назад

    Wow! My teacher preached his heart out over 2 whole class and I got this in 7 minutes. Thanks man.

  • @atomm7316
    @atomm7316 9 лет назад +173

    clearly explained. well done! have test in 9 hours. i better get some sleep for Discrete mathematics.

  • @kalenclayton
    @kalenclayton 2 года назад

    I've watched a few Induction Proof videos and have left feeling just as confused as I did prior to watching. This one made so much more sense. Thank you!

  • @mallorykroll
    @mallorykroll 11 лет назад +19

    At around 6:00, instead of expanding the binomials, would it also be okay to factor out k+1 from the left side?

    • @kiputkustik
      @kiputkustik 6 лет назад +5

      Mallory K think the same thing

    • @w1ndro1d
      @w1ndro1d 5 лет назад +7

      Of course, that's the more efficient way.

    • @dilipchakraborty5575
      @dilipchakraborty5575 5 лет назад +4

      Yeah I did da same thing

    • @badjr0
      @badjr0 4 года назад +1

      Yep. That's what I would've did.

  • @anniamatthews6803
    @anniamatthews6803 Год назад +1

    Thank you so much! Have been struggling for hours trying to understand and you were able to explain it in such an easy way

  • @felixad.9788
    @felixad.9788 8 лет назад +6

    Wow, your explanation is really easy to understand. Thanks a lot!

  • @mickeywebb6850
    @mickeywebb6850 Год назад

    The only video on RUclips with a proper explanation.

  • @Ohm_Sharma
    @Ohm_Sharma 4 года назад +8

    Dude this is great. I am currently going through Apostol's Calculus and this helped me grasp the concept of induction real quick. Thank you so much. I appreciate you man!

  • @akingbadeomosebi1495
    @akingbadeomosebi1495 8 лет назад +1

    Just when i thought i had given up on this topic, i got the grace to search out once more and find your video as a reference from examfear channel, I study in India, but I'm not an indian, and the communication accent is quite a barrier, their terminologies (words used) aren't universal that everyone can understand, they sometimes speak in their native and i get lost, i've met 8 people to explain this for me over and over, they must have think I'm a dunce or dummy, but I just watched your video One time, and I was like wtf?... so easy..? is that all?.. Man I'm so grateful, Thank you for uploading such, it's a honor to learn it from you.

  • @zaidofficials
    @zaidofficials 6 месяцев назад +4

    I deny to believe this gem is 11 yrs old

  • @YeeJn
    @YeeJn 7 лет назад +3

    I am watching this tutorial.. because my teacher just finished a 4 hour(!) class which I did not understand any of that shit.
    This tutorial just made it clear within 7:32.

  • @yashkalyani5995
    @yashkalyani5995 3 месяца назад +2

    when you released this video i was only 9 years old but today it was helpful for me after 11 years so thanku

  • @ibraheemalmalki2555
    @ibraheemalmalki2555 4 года назад +6

    There was days when I hated studying these stuff for my university courses, Now after my employment I miss those days.

  • @water_wind_
    @water_wind_ Год назад

    Thanks for posting the ONLY instruction on this that makes sense!!!! Everyone else covering this makes no sense!

  • @vaibhavsingh-iw7qx
    @vaibhavsingh-iw7qx 5 лет назад +6

    at 5:54 - You could have taken (k+1) common on the L.H.S that makes it (k+1)(k + 2)
    Great Video tho !!

  • @rman5001
    @rman5001 6 лет назад

    I stared at the notes my teacher gave me for an hour and couldn't figure this out. It took you 7 minutes to teach me and now I get it!

  • @lyricsmusics100
    @lyricsmusics100 10 лет назад +35

    this is amazing my professor gave us a take home test and this is the exact equation lol

  • @Abhishekr1413
    @Abhishekr1413 5 лет назад

    Man...... You are the best...... This is like the best maths class i have ever listened

  • @anosvoldigod2943
    @anosvoldigod2943 2 года назад +94

    Holy cow this is 9years old😂

  • @jenniferaboujawdeh5978
    @jenniferaboujawdeh5978 6 лет назад

    i've watched no less than 8 videos about this and yours was the only one i could grasp properly.

  • @graciarivas871
    @graciarivas871 10 лет назад +17

    GOD BLESS YOU!

  • @wnnrmn
    @wnnrmn Год назад

    I'm gonna stop going for lectures so that I could focus on you, this is way more better than i was taught.

  • @Noahcom12
    @Noahcom12 10 месяцев назад +9

    This is where students go to 1day before exam ...

  • @brainrotpookie
    @brainrotpookie 2 года назад

    I've watched about 50 videos on this topic and this is the only one that actually helped

  • @eldes23
    @eldes23 10 лет назад +8

    where's the part 2 ? is there? i wanted to learn more!

  • @peachyx2187
    @peachyx2187 Год назад

    10 years ago and this is still such a useful video, learnt induction just from this one youtube video faster than I learnt from my lecturer in a one hour lecture

  • @justine4791
    @justine4791 8 лет назад +15

    this lesson fucks me up so bad

  • @Noellexafael
    @Noellexafael 5 лет назад

    OMG i finally got it, my teacher never explained the thing that one side is equals de other so he just worked one side of the equation and said it was good and i never got why, thanks a million

  • @infowindow6932
    @infowindow6932 11 лет назад +7

    sir, you are good.

  • @bridgetbouska3282
    @bridgetbouska3282 9 лет назад +1

    Your explanation of proof by mathematical induction is very helpful. I appreciated the background information you gave at the beginning. The visuals were clear and effective. One element I would like to see in this tutorial is a bit more information on what inductions is and why it works to prove statements. In addition to that, it would be helpful to know what types of statements are best proved by induction. I admired the way you explicitly explained each step as you proceeded through the example proof. I liked how you showed a precise way of writing a formal proof. Thank you for the helpful tutorial!

  • @trusun3528
    @trusun3528 Год назад +3

    Why do I pay my school when I can just go on youtube and find a better teacher

    • @RakibAhammed-lo2yr
      @RakibAhammed-lo2yr Месяц назад

      Because Our Earth People Only Need Certificate Result 😢😢..They Not judge your brain.

  • @nehafernandes2390
    @nehafernandes2390 Год назад +1

    After watching multiple videos of same question, I finally understood the concept here 😭Thank you so much sir

  • @NehaYadav-qy6ok
    @NehaYadav-qy6ok 5 лет назад +3

    Thank you sir....
    I was cofused in the k+1 th step of induction but u made it all right✔✔✔
    ⬇⬇⤵⏬⤵⬇⏬⤵

  • @shanklen197
    @shanklen197 8 лет назад

    15 min before I have to go take my first precalc exam. I was having trouble with the last step, and your video saved me when you said that Sk from the second step could be used for the third step!

  • @exolovesyouall3794
    @exolovesyouall3794 8 лет назад +18

    am I the only one who see his reflection? ✌😂

  • @pinlivy9396
    @pinlivy9396 6 лет назад

    You deserve distinction!!!!!!! May God bless you abundantly.

  • @kv8938
    @kv8938 5 лет назад +3

    I don’t understand. How does one example(basecase) allow us to assume for n= k. How is this a proof if the whole thing is based on an assumption made from one example?

    • @dipstick1754
      @dipstick1754 5 лет назад

      This is my exact problem with this proof, and it drives me crazy. The only logical thing i can think of is that why wouldn't it be. Because nothing unnatural going to happen, like we get a complex number or something like that. But this is not a proof it`s just an assumption. Because of that reason i can`t call this a proof.

  • @bellsfiz
    @bellsfiz 8 лет назад

    I'm learning this in Japanese and I don't understand a thing my teacher said. You're my life saviour. I love you

  • @udehbonaventure222
    @udehbonaventure222 Месяц назад +8

    2024 anyone

  • @sheridan.mp3
    @sheridan.mp3 Год назад +1

    Regardless of what I get on my final you've made this clearer than any video I've seen thus far. Thank you! (Wish me luck haha)

  • @BobSagetttt
    @BobSagetttt 11 лет назад +4

    ThatTutorGuy goin hard on the ads...

    • @ned7754
      @ned7754 10 лет назад

      i know aye

    • @thevegetableaddict4625
      @thevegetableaddict4625 10 лет назад

      Yep. They really do some heavy advertising. Google's search engine on youtube is great. I don't need to pay to look at videos that are free on youtube.

  • @petermusimbison6563
    @petermusimbison6563 2 месяца назад +2

    Found these solutions so vital. Thanks a lot! Plz keep it up!

  • @akkari16
    @akkari16 8 лет назад +6

    You dont need to expand k(k+1) + 2(k+1) ... {{(K+1) is common, just factorise (k+1) }}..

  • @bestmovies3207
    @bestmovies3207 6 месяцев назад +1

    11 years !! And it's still so helpful

  • @ryanr4156
    @ryanr4156 9 лет назад +3

    You missed a step at the end. You have to write out the "therefore" statement at the end that shows you are making the conclusion "Therefore 1+2+3+...+n+n(n+1)/2 for n>0"

    • @j.kaimori3848
      @j.kaimori3848 6 лет назад

      Every school has its own rules there, it's the maths process and logic of it that most people get stuck on.

  • @M5skee_joezay
    @M5skee_joezay 8 лет назад

    You are the illest educator in this URL and galaxy. Simplicity is the best sophistication, and you sir are the face of it. You earned yourself a like and a sub, keep it up.

  • @carcinogenicthalidomide3057
    @carcinogenicthalidomide3057 5 лет назад +34

    Mathematical induction just might be the most useless chapter except for proving most equations.

    • @PLazz257
      @PLazz257 5 лет назад +2

      As a comp sci major, I cannot agree more that this chapter is so useless within the component of discrete math

    • @randomperson9282
      @randomperson9282 5 лет назад

      JmethenDour // Ayeee same

    • @sashamuller9743
      @sashamuller9743 4 года назад

      for an engineer it's not useless though :)

    • @dragonvarine7553
      @dragonvarine7553 4 года назад +3

      ​@@sashamuller9743 What do you use induction for in engineering?

    • @j.f.4859
      @j.f.4859 3 года назад

      @Sasha Muller Same question. What do you use induction for in engineering? I cannot fathom why we are learning this. And frankly, it doesn't look like a very full proof way to prove something. I guess maybe to validate relationships after testing. Is this why?

  • @saswatighosh9177
    @saswatighosh9177 4 года назад +1

    Whoever explained this ...thnx a lot coz just explaination of this single sum helped me to cover up the whole chapter in time...u r explaination was amazing...I would recommend everyone to be a part of this channel.... again thanks a lot....

    • @lonemotheo1964
      @lonemotheo1964 4 года назад +1

      Is this proof of equalities

    • @saswatighosh9177
      @saswatighosh9177 4 года назад +1

      @@lonemotheo1964 no....this is mathematical induction.... proof of equalities is different .( Mathematical induction is a chapter from class 11)

    • @lonemotheo1964
      @lonemotheo1964 4 года назад +1

      @@saswatighosh9177 so how does it work do I do induction before proof of equalities or I just do proof and forget about induction

    • @saswatighosh9177
      @saswatighosh9177 4 года назад +1

      @@lonemotheo1964 yup first do the mathematical induction

  • @seemarajput8446
    @seemarajput8446 6 лет назад +2

    U explain in simple method ............. It's easy.

  • @sodiqtele4484
    @sodiqtele4484 4 года назад

    This teaching is very explanatory, you are a very good tutor

  • @PhoenixRisingLoL
    @PhoenixRisingLoL 4 года назад

    5th source i am looking up - and you finally managed to explain it in a way i understood, as you actually showed the steps through. Thank you so much!

  • @furahaaswan
    @furahaaswan 4 года назад

    1000x Better than my college professor .... and I'm paying for that. Thank you!!

  • @aikaterina5331
    @aikaterina5331 7 лет назад

    i hope there are many of you out there T^T thank you for this T^T You are so good on explaining .

  • @sleepypanda7172
    @sleepypanda7172 3 года назад

    RUclips is a blessing now a days

  • @aishwarya6123
    @aishwarya6123 3 года назад

    I learnt more in this 7 minute video that I could ever in my 2 hour math class. Just Amazing!

  • @gamaltk
    @gamaltk 4 года назад

    You're a legend. Straight to the, very clear ideas, well presented and organised. Thank you so much!

  • @michaelkaliber
    @michaelkaliber 4 года назад

    This was the dumbed down explanation I needed. Thanks I really needed this...

  • @user-rj8tr6sp7e
    @user-rj8tr6sp7e 11 месяцев назад

    I just understood this in 7 minutes 32 seconds. Thanks so much!

  • @jmckey
    @jmckey 7 лет назад

    WAY better explained than what's in the FTCE Mathematics 6-12 study guide (for Florida teacher certification exam). Thanks!

  • @lakshmansah4860
    @lakshmansah4860 2 года назад +1

    Thanku so apka video bhut helpful hai avi tak kitna video dekha mai nahi samjh pa raha tha but apka video dekh kr cler samjh aya gya thanku so much sir...

  • @meganannebrozek
    @meganannebrozek 3 года назад

    I've used this video for both my computational and discrete mathematics course. Thank you for the clear explanation!

  • @biramafu43
    @biramafu43 Год назад

    I'm all away miss my math lecture but i pick it up from you because I don't understand my math lecturer well.
    Nice to you 👌
    I really appreciate you guy
    Thanks 🤓❤️💖

  • @happiguruman
    @happiguruman 2 года назад

    Amazing video. After a long time of solving questions using mathematical induction, it became difficult for me to get it again but your explanation makes it very simple and I am ready to go again. Thank you