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Around 1000 AD, who wrote the earliest implicit proof by induction?
AEuclid
BFibonacci
CGersonides
Dal-Karaji
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. al-Karaji
Al-Karaji applied an inductive argument to arithmetic sequences around the year 1000.
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