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fundamental theorems

fundamental theorems is the plural of fundamental theorem.

Meaning of fundamental theorem

Noun

fundamental theorem (plural fundamental theorems)

  1. A theorem (or, in non-mathematical fields, a commonly accepted hypothesis) considered to be of central importance to a specified field.
    • In this and the next chapter I return to the fundamental theorems of welfare economics. In this chapter I argue that the first fundamental theorem of welfare economics—asserting the efficiency of competitive economics—is fundamentally flawed.1994, Joseph E. Stiglitz, Whither Socialism?, The MIT Press, page 27

Questions about fundamental theorems

What is fundamental theorems the plural of?
Fundamental theorems is the plural of fundamental theorem.

Words near fundamental theorems in the dictionary

  1. fundamental science
  2. fundamental theorem
  3. fundamental theorem of arithmetic
  4. fundamental theorem of calculus
  5. fundamental theorem of calculus for line integrals
  6. fundamental theorems
  7. fundamental unit
  8. fundamental units
  9. fundamentalism
  10. fundamentalisms
  11. fundamentalist

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