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This lecture covers the concepts of induction and recursion, focusing on structural induction to prove properties of recursively defined sets. It also delves into the recursive definition of strings, the time complexity of recursive algorithms, and the merge sort algorithm for sorting. The instructor explains the process of proving recursive algorithms correct and demonstrates the application of divide and conquer strategies in sorting algorithms like merge sort.