theorem
See also: Theorem
English
Etymology
From Middle French théorème, from Late Latin theōrēma, from Ancient Greek θεώρημα (theṓrēma, “speculation, proposition to be proved”) (Euclid), from θεωρέω (theōréō, “I look at, view, consider, examine”), from θεωρός (theōrós, “spectator”), from θέα (théa, “a view”) + ὁράω (horáō, “I see, look”). See also theory, and theater.
Pronunciation
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Noun
theorem (plural theorems)
- (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.
- (mathematics, colloquial, nonstandard) A mathematical statement that is expected to be true
- Fermat's Last Theorem was known thus long before it was proved in the 1990s.
- (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 Thesaurus:statement
Hyponyms
Hyponyms of theorem (informatics)
Hyponyms of theorem (mathematics)
- binomial theorem
- central limit theorem
- Ceva's theorem
- cosine theorem
- double angle theorem
- Dvoretzky's theorem
- Euclid's theorem
- exterior angle theorem
- Fermat's Last Theorem
- fundamental theorem
- fundamental theorem of algebra
- fundamental theorem of arithmetic
- Gauss' theorem
- Gleason's theorem
- Gödel's incompleteness theorem
- Green's theorem
- Haag's theorem
- Hales-Jewett theorem
- Hindman's theorem
- inscribed angle theorem
- intercept theorem
- Knaster-Tarski theorem
- Menelaus' theorem
- Milliken-Taylor theorem
- Paris-Harrington theorem
- Pythagoras' theorem
- Rado-Folkman-Sanders theorem
- Rado's theorem
- Schur's theorem
- sine theorem
- Stokes' theorem
- Szemerédi's theorem
- Thales' theorem
- Turán's theorem
- Van der Waerden's theorem
Holonyms
Related terms
Translations
proved mathematical statement
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mathematical statement that is expected to be true
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Verb
theorem (third-person singular simple present theorems, present participle theoreming, simple past and past participle theoremed)
- (transitive) To formulate into a theorem.
Further reading
- “theorem”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “theorem”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “theorem”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
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