theorem
noun
the·o·rem
ˈthē-ə-rəm 
ˈthir-əm
1
: a formula, proposition, or statement in mathematics or logic deduced or to be deduced from other formulas or propositions
2
: an idea accepted or proposed as a demonstrable truth often as a part of a general theory : proposition
the theorem that the best defense is offense
3
: stencil
4
: a painting produced especially on velvet by the use of stencils for each color
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Such methods are not sufficient to cope with theorems at the level of an IMO, however.
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Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 17 Jan. 2024
So, for example, there are now projects to formalize proofs of big theorems in these things called formal proof assistants, which are like computer languages that can 100% verify that a theorem is true or not and — is proven or not.
—Quanta Magazine, 1 Feb. 2024
Any theorem centered on the behavior of mass should have pretty much nothing to do with light, as light is massless.
—Jackie Appel, Popular Mechanics, 22 Aug. 2023
There must be thousands of old and new explanations of the Pythagorean theorem online.
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 6 Feb. 2024
Researchers have used a 350-year-old theorem to better understand the strange nature of light.
—Jackie Appel, Popular Mechanics, 22 Aug. 2023
Her thinking had become choked — a mere testing of theorems.
—EW.com, 9 Oct. 2023
Andrew Wiles of the University of Oxford used them, for example, to prove Fermat’s theorem, and Maryna Viazovska of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne used them to find the densest sphere-packing arrangement in eight spatial dimensions.
—Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 5 Feb. 2024
Baldur works with Isabelle, a proof assistant or automated theorem prover,to check its proofs.
—IEEE Spectrum, 25 Jan. 2024
Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 17 Jan. 2024
So, for example, there are now projects to formalize proofs of big theorems in these things called formal proof assistants, which are like computer languages that can 100% verify that a theorem is true or not and — is proven or not.
—Quanta Magazine, 1 Feb. 2024
Any theorem centered on the behavior of mass should have pretty much nothing to do with light, as light is massless.
—Jackie Appel, Popular Mechanics, 22 Aug. 2023
There must be thousands of old and new explanations of the Pythagorean theorem online.
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 6 Feb. 2024
Researchers have used a 350-year-old theorem to better understand the strange nature of light.
—Jackie Appel, Popular Mechanics, 22 Aug. 2023
Her thinking had become choked — a mere testing of theorems.
—EW.com, 9 Oct. 2023
Andrew Wiles of the University of Oxford used them, for example, to prove Fermat’s theorem, and Maryna Viazovska of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne used them to find the densest sphere-packing arrangement in eight spatial dimensions.
—Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 5 Feb. 2024
Baldur works with Isabelle, a proof assistant or automated theorem prover,to check its proofs.
—IEEE Spectrum, 25 Jan. 2024
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theorem
noun
the·o·rem
ˈthē-ə-rəm
ˈthi(-ə)r-əm
1
: a formula, proposition, or statement in mathematics or logic that has been or is to be proved from other formulas or propositions
2
: an idea accepted or proposed as a demonstrable truth
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