Use mathematical induction to prove that the sum of the cubes of any three consecutive natural numbers is a multiple of 9.
정답·풀이 보기 (영어 원문)
Three consecutive natural numbers may be represent by , , and , where is a natural number. For the inductive step, think before you try to do a lot of algebra. You should be able to complete a proof of the inductive step by expanding the cube of only one expression.
한 번 더 — 비슷한 문제Sundstrom, Mathematical Reasoning · 4.2절영어 원문
Consider the following question:
For which natural numbers
n
do there exist nonnegative integers
x
and
y
such that
n = 3x + 5y
?
To help answer this question, we will let , and let be There exist such that . Notice that is false since if both and are zero, then and if either or , then . Also notice that is true since and is true since .
Explain why , , , and are true.
다 풀었으면 정답 확인
Construct the following table and use it to answer the first two questions. The table shows that , , and are true. We can also see that , , and are false. It also appears that if and , then is true.
| | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | | | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 18 |