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Forum Name: College math
Topic ID: 296
Message ID: 1
#1, RE: Mathematical Induction and pow
Posted by Daniel on Sep-13-02 at 08:44 AM
In response to message #0
0 IS a multiple of 5, but what are the conditions on x? If x is a multiple of 5 then obviously x^5-1 can't be a multiple of 5 too, and the Fundamental Theorem of Number Theory states that if something is false, then it is impossible to prove it, even by induction