Re: [ProofPower] (EXTERNAL) Re: ProofPower and Discrete Math

2019-11-01 Thread Roger Bishop Jones
On 01/11/2019 18:38, David Topham wrote: Adapting to the idea of using only whole numbers for a geometric progression that sums over powers I am trying this approach: It works up until trying to instantiate into induction_thm where it breaks down since conjecture needs 2 variables:  r and

Re: [ProofPower] Proofpower Digest, Vol 119, Issue 1

2019-11-01 Thread Roger Bishop Jones
David, On 01/11/2019 16:13, David Topham wrote: Ok, I can work within integers for awhile!  I was trying to use the general form of the geometric progression that may involve fractions, but I can explore whole numbers more first.  I see the "induction_thm" won't work with R anyway since it has

Re: [ProofPower] Proofpower Digest, Vol 119, Issue 1

2019-11-01 Thread David Topham
Ok, I can work within integers for awhile! I was trying to use the general form of the geometric progression that may involve fractions, but I can explore whole numbers more first. I see the "induction_thm" won't work with R anyway since it has the base case as 0 and SML would expect 0.0 there fo