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HAL Id: inria-00072023https://hal.inria.fr/inria-00072023

Submitted on 23 May 2006

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”Term Partition” for Mathematical InductionPascal Urso, Emmanuel Kounalis

To cite this version:Pascal Urso, Emmanuel Kounalis. ”Term Partition” for Mathematical Induction. [Research Report]RR-4565, INRIA. 2002. �inria-00072023�

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INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE EN INFORMATIQUE ET EN AUTOMATIQUE

“Term Partition” for Mathematical Induction

Urso Pascal — Kounalis Emmanuel

N° 4565

Septembre 2002

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