set problem of integers

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Consider the following set $F=\{F^0, F^1, F^2, \ldots\}$. This set consists of positive integers which satisfy the following properties:

  1. $F^0= F^1=1$

    AND

  2. $F^n= F^{n-1} + F^{n-2}$ for all positive integers $n\geq2$.

Prove that for all positive integers $n$, the elements of the set $F$ satisfy the following identity:

$$\begin{vmatrix} 1 & 1 \\ 1 & 0 \end{vmatrix}^{n+1} = \begin{vmatrix} F^{n+1} & F^n \\ F^n & F^{n-1} \end{vmatrix}$$

where $\begin{vmatrix}\end{vmatrix}$ denotes the determinant.

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Hint: $$\begin{pmatrix} F_{n+1}&F_n\\F_n&F_{n-1}\end{pmatrix}\begin{pmatrix} 1&1\\1&0 \end{pmatrix}=\begin{pmatrix} F_{n+1}+F_n&F_{n+1}\\F_{n}+F_{n-1}&F_n\end{pmatrix} $$