> From: david maciolek [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, April 15, 2002 10:27 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [cscie119] HW4 Question 2
> 
> 
> What do you mean by prove the identity?  Is this
> similar to the HW3 question which we used in
> induction? Or does proving the identity entail
> something else?

"Identify" is a term for an equation that is always
true, such as 

        f = ma

or 
        E = mc^2

Using induction to prove the formulae is a good approach,
as suggested in the problem.  

- jeff parker

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