theorem
IPA: θˈɪrʌm
noun
- (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
- (logic) A syntactically correct expression that is deducible from the given axioms of a deductive system.
verb
- (transitive) To formulate into a theorem.
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Examples of "theorem" in Sentences
- I deleted the submersion theorem.
- The converse of the theorem is true trivially.
- This is a consequence of the reciprocity theorem.
- Firstly, the statement of the theorem is careless.
- The concept is important to formulate the theorem.
- The theorem is particularly useful in spectroscopy.
- The fundamental theorem of the arithmetic is flawed.
- It is the generalization of the binomial theorem to polynomials.
- The link to monotone convergence theorem is to a different theorem.
- Derivation from the fluctuation theorem and the central limit theorem.
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