theorem

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See also Theorem

English

Etymology

Via Late Latin theōrēma, from Ancient Greek θεώρημα (theōrēma, “speculation, proposition to be proved”) (Euclid), from θεωρέω (theōreō, “I look at, view, consider, examine”), from θεωρός (theōros, “spectator”), from θέα (thea, “a view”) + ὁράω (oraō, “I see, look”). See also theory, and theater.

Noun

theorem (plural theorems)

1. (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
2. (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.)
3. (logic) a syntactically correct expression that is deducible from the given axioms of a deductive system

Synonyms

• (proven statement): lemma, proposition, statement
• (unproven statement): conjecture
• See also Wikisaurus:statement

Holonyms

• theory

Derived terms

• central limit theorem
• Pythagorean theorem
• binomial theorem
• Gödel's incompleteness theorem
• intercept theorem

Related terms

• theoretical
• theory

Translations

proved mathematical statement

• Arabic: مبرهنة (ar) (mubárhana) f
• Armenian: թեորեմ (hy) (t’eorem) 
• Bulgarian: теорема (bg) (teoréma) f 
• Catalan: teorema (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 定理 (cmn) (dìnglǐ)

• Czech: věta (cs) f
• Dutch: theorema m, stelling f
• Esperanto: teoremo (eo)
• Finnish: lause (fi), teoreema (fi)
• French: théorème (fr)
• German: Theorem (de) n, Satz (de) m
• Greek: θεώρημα (el) (theórima) n 
• Hebrew: משפט (he) (mishpát) m

• Hindi: प्रमेय (hi)
• Hungarian: tétel (hu)
• Italian: teorema (it) m
• Japanese: 定理 (ja) (ていり, teiri)
• Latin: theōrēma (la) n
• Macedonian: теорема (mk) (teórema) f
• Polish: twierdzenie (pl) n
• Portuguese: teorema (pt) m
• Russian: теорема (ru) (teoréma) f 
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: теорема (sh) f

  Roman: teorema (sh) f

• Spanish: teorema (es) m
• Ukrainian: теорема (uk) (teoréma) f 

mathematical statement that is expected to be true

• Arabic: مبرهنة (ar) (mubárhana) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 定理 (cmn) (dìnglǐ)

• Czech: teorém (cs) m, teoréma (cs) f
• Finnish: olettamus (fi)
• French: théorème (fr)
• German: Theorem (de) n, Satz (de) m

• Greek: θεώρημα (el) (theórima) n 
• Hebrew: משפט (he) (mishpát) m
• Japanese: 定理 (ja) (ていり, teiri)
• Russian: теорема (ru) (teoréma) f 
• Spanish: teoría (es) f, conjetura (es) f, suposición (es) f, especulación (es) f,
• Turkish: teorem (tr)

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• Icelandic: kennisetning f
• Korean: 정리 (1,2)

• Norwegian: teorem m (1,2)

Verb

theorem (third-person singular simple present theorems, present participle theoreming, simple past and past participle theoremed)

1. (transitive) to formulate into a theorem

External links

• theorem in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• theorem in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• theorem at OneLook Dictionary Search