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Algebra Difficulty 6.2 National olympiad Prove it

12. The second principle of mathematical induction can be used to define functions recursively. We specify the value of the function at 1 and give a rule for finding f(n+1)f(n+1) from the values of ff at the first nn positive integers. Show that the values of a function so defined are uniquely determined.

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