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infinite descent

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.73 in modern English

Syllables
in-finite de-s-cent
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A method of proof by contradiction that is used to prove that a statement must be false for all positive integers. By showing that if it is true for one integer, it must be true for a smaller integer, an infinite number of solutions are found and a contradiction is eventually reached.

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What does infinite descent mean?
A method of proof by contradiction that is used to prove that a statement must be false for all positive integers. By showing that if it is true for one integer, it must be true for a smaller integer, an infinite number of solutions are found and a contradiction is eventually reached.

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