Mathematical induction has two obligations. Establish the base case if the natural numbers start at zero, or if they start at one. Then prove the induction step: for an arbitrary natural in the relevant range, assume and deduce .
The base case starts the chain, and the step propagates truth to every subsequent natural number:
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