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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Turing’s proof of the theorem is scrawled over two sheets.
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IEEE Spectrum, 4 Feb. 2025
So somebody might try to construct a mathematical theorem and then hundreds or even thousands of years later, somebody else finishes it off.
—Lynette Rice, Deadline, 5 Mar. 2025
Pythagoras' theorem is famously brief and everybody can understand it.
—Jake Kring-Schreifels, TIME, 5 Mar. 2025
Delilah was in effect an application of a bandwidth theorem that today is known as the Nyquist-Shannon sampling theorem.
—IEEE Spectrum, 4 Feb. 2025
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IEEE Spectrum, 4 Feb. 2025
So somebody might try to construct a mathematical theorem and then hundreds or even thousands of years later, somebody else finishes it off.
—Lynette Rice, Deadline, 5 Mar. 2025
Pythagoras' theorem is famously brief and everybody can understand it.
—Jake Kring-Schreifels, TIME, 5 Mar. 2025
Delilah was in effect an application of a bandwidth theorem that today is known as the Nyquist-Shannon sampling theorem.
—IEEE Spectrum, 4 Feb. 2025
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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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