The same technique can be used to give an inductive proof of the volume formula.
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He gives the first non-inductive proof of the binomial expansion for integer exponent using combinatorial arguments.
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This is a great help, as the system has an unproductive tendency to wander down infinite chains of inductive proofs.
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This is especially true in inductive proofs, where the given expression is taken to be the inductive hypothesis, and the target expression the inductive conclusion.
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A proof such as a deductive proof, an inductive proof, a proof by contradiction, and a proof by construction are the usual stuff that a mathematician follows and accepts readily.
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This proof tree can be shown to contain at most 4 \ log _ 2 n-4 values other than 2 by a simple inductive proof ( based on Theorem 2 of Pratt ).
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Of course in practice many inductive proofs / recursive constructions are trivial at the limit step, and start with a well-understood object at the base, so you write down only the successor step.
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An inductive proof generally shows that some property is true for any " finite " integer " n "; such a proof can't show that it's true if " n " is infinite.
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The all-at-once proof " does " have the merit of characterizing the points that are kept, but the inductive proof shows the structure of what has to be removed ( and in particular the structure of countable closed sets in general ).