infinite descent

noun

Definitions

  1. A method of proof by contradiction that is used to prove that a statement must be false…

    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.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for infinite descent. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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