theorem
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈθiː.ə.ɹəm/, /ˈθɪəɹ.əm/
theorem (plural theorems)
- (mathematics) A mathematical statement of some importance that has been proven to be true. Minor theorems are often called propositions. Theorems which are not very interesting in themselves but are an essential part of a bigger theorem's proof are called lemmas.
- (mathematics, colloquial, nonstandard) A mathematical statement that is expected to be true
- ''Fermat's Last Theorem was known thus long before it was proved in the 1990s.
- (logic) A syntactically correct expression that is deducible from the given axioms of a deductive system.
- (proven statement) lemma, proposition, statement
- (unproven statement) conjecture
- See also Thesaurus:statement
- French: théorème
- German: Theorem, Satz
- Italian: teorema
- Portuguese: teorema
- Russian: теоре́ма
- Spanish: teorema
- French: théorème
- German: Theorem, Satz
- Portuguese: conjectura
- Russian: теоре́ма
- Spanish: teoría, conjetura, suposición, especulación,
theorem (theorems, present participle theoreming; past and past participle theoremed)
- (transitive) To formulate into a theorem.
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