Associations to the word «Theorem»
Noun
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- Deduction
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- Formulation
- Logic
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- Rectangle
- Computation
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- Transform
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- Infinity
- Semantics
- Compact
- Jacobson
- Space
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Adjective
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Wiktionary
THEOREM, 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.
THEOREM, noun. (mathematics) (colloquial) (nonstandard) A mathematical statement that is expected to be true; as, Fermat's Last Theorem (as which it was known long before it was proved in the 1990s.)
THEOREM, noun. (logic) A syntactically correct expression that is deducible from the given axioms of a deductive system.
THEOREM, verb. (transitive) To formulate into a theorem.
Dictionary definition
THEOREM, noun. A proposition deducible from basic postulates.
THEOREM, noun. An idea accepted as a demonstrable truth.
Wise words
Language is a process of free creation; its laws and
principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles
of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even
the interpretation and use of words involves a process of
free creation.