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created: 2024-01-16T21:03
updated: 2024-06-11T01:14
publish: TrueDiscrete Mathematics Assignment-3
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c) 
 
 
 
 
Step2 is wrong: Step 2 should be Existential instantiation using(1)
Step6 is wrong: Step 6 can't be Universal generalization
    P: a is a multiple of 4
   Q: 3a+1 is odd
a)Direct proof:
 
    
    
    
    
b)Contradiction:
 
     
    
         
      
      
    
c)Contraposition:
 
     
     
     It's clear that 
   
   If 
  If 
    
   
   
Basis step: P(1):     
Induction Hypothesis: Assume P(k-1) is true
Inductive Step: 
      
      
      
     
Basis step: P(0):  
Induction Hypothesis:  Assume P(k) is true 
Inductive Step: