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* **Inductive hypothesis.** Assume that the claim holds for all values less than $y$. | * **Inductive hypothesis.** Assume that the claim holds for all values less than $y$. | ||
* Goal: show that it holds for $y$ where $y > 0$. | * Goal: show that it holds for $y$ where $y > 0$. | ||
- | * **Case 1**: $y = 2k$. Note $k < y$. By definition | + | * **Case 1**: $y = 2k$. Note $k < y$. By definition and I.H. |
\[ | \[ | ||
f(x,y) = f(x,2k) = 2 f(x,k) = 2 (x k) = x (2 k) = x y | f(x,y) = f(x,2k) = 2 f(x,k) = 2 (x k) = x (2 k) = x y | ||
\] | \] | ||
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- | * **Case 2**: $y = 2k+1$. Note $k < y$. By definition | + | * **Case 2**: $y = 2k+1$. Note $y-1 < y$. By definition and I.H. |
\[ | \[ | ||
- | f(x,y) = f(x,2k+1) = x + f(x,2k) = x + 2 f(x,k) = x + 2 (x k) = x (2 k + 1) = x y | + | f(x,y) = f(x,2k+1) = x + f(x,2k) = x + x \cdot (2k) = x (2 k + 1) = x y |
\] | \] | ||
This completes the proof. | This completes the proof. | ||