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Which method, used by Fermat, is a variation of induction?
ADirect expansion
BForward chaining
CThe cyclic method
DInfinite descent
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Infinite descent
Fermat used infinite descent, which shows a claim fails by producing ever smaller counterexamples.
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