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Description: Show the following proposition using a proof by contraiction Proposition. I a,b, E Z, then a^2-4b-2 does not equal 0. (Hint: use the proposition that if a^2 is even, then a is even.)

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Show the following proposition using a proof by contraiction Proposition. I a,b, E Z, then a^2-4b-2 does not equal 0. (Hint: use the proposition that if a^2 is even, then a is even.)

Advanced Engineering Mathematics

10th Edition

ISBN:9780470458365

Author:Erwin Kreyszig

Publisher:Erwin Kreyszig

Chapter2: Second-order Linear Odes

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 1RQ

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