Proof by infinite descent (English Wikipedia)

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Benson, Donald C. (2000). The Moment of Proof: Mathematical Epiphanies. Oxford University Press. p. 43. ISBN 978-0-19-513919-8. a special case of proof by contradiction called the method of infinite descent

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