theorems
theorems is the plural of theorem.
Meaning of theorem
Noun
theorem (plural theorems)
- 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.
- Synonyms:
- lemma
- A mathematical statement that is expected to be true.
- Fermat's Last Theorem was known thus long before it was proved in the 1990s.
- A syntactically correct expression that is deducible from the given axioms of a deductive system.
- Synonyms:
- conjecture, hypothesis
Phrases with theorems
- no-go theorems
- Sylow theorems
- Ramsey's theorems
- spectral theorems
- deduction theorems
- Tauberian theorems
- mean value theorems
- fundamental theorems
- prime number theorems
- central limit theorems
- time hierarchy theorems
- Kleene's recursion theorems
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Questions about theorems
- What is theorems the plural of?
- Theorems is the plural of theorem.
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