Solution

ID: past-exam-of-the-year-1-of-the-computer-science-course-of-the-university-of-oxford/2023/discrete-mathematics-probability-and-continuous-mathematics/2/c/solution

Fix and use two-base mathematical induction on . At , the proposed right side is ; at , it is . Suppose the identity holds at and . The defining recurrence relation for the Fibonacci numbers gives
This is the assertion at , completing the proof of the Fibonacci addition formula. The argument includes , since is defined.

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