Let ,
\[P\text{ }\left( n \right)\text{ }=\text{ }1\text{ }+\text{ }2\text{ }+\text{ }3\text{ }+\text{ }\text{ }\text{ }\text{ }\text{ }\text{ }+\text{ }n\text{ }=\text{ }n\left( n+1 \right)/2~\]
Hence,
P (n) is true for all natural numbers.
Hence, P (n) is true for all n ∈ N.