Proofs Glossary

Browse 2 proofs terms defined in plain English, from the cultural dictionary of computing.

2 Proofs Terms

Proof by Induction
A proof technique that establishes a statement for all natural numbers by proving a base case and then showing that if the statement holds for n, it must hold...
Reduction
A transformation of one problem into another that preserves the difficulty relationship. If problem A reduces to problem B, then B is at least as hard as A....

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