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(1) Product and sum of the roots of the quadratic equation.
(2)
1a
+
1a2
=
a+ 1a2
=1
as a satisfies x2=x+1. Similarly for
b.
(3)
Fn + Fn+1
=
1Ö5
(an -bn+an+1-bn+1)
=
1Ö5
(an+2(
1a
+
1a2
)-bn+2(
1b
+
1b2
))
=
1Ö5
(an+2-bn+2)
=Fn+2 .
(4) For n=1 the expression gives 2 = F3
For n=2 the expression gives 3=F4
For n=3 the expression gives 5 = F5
For n=4 the expression gives 8 = F6.
Conjecture : the result is Fn+2,
We have shown that
this conjectureis true for n=1 ¼4.
Assume that the result is true for n=k then
1 + F1 +F2 + ¼Fk +Fk+1
= Fk+2 + Fk+1
= Fk+3
and hence the result is true for n=k+1. By the axiom of
induction the result is true for all positive integer values of n.