Description: The Principle of Finite Induction (mathematical induction). Corollary 7.31 of TakeutiZaring p. 43. The simpler hypothesis shown here was suggested in an email from "Colin" on 1-Oct-2001. The hypothesis states that A is a set of natural numbers, zero belongs to A , and given any member of A the member's successor also belongs to A . The conclusion is that every natural number is in A . (Contributed by NM, 22-Feb-2004) (Proof shortened by Andrew Salmon, 27-Aug-2011) (Proof shortened by Wolf Lammen, 28-May-2024)