lemma

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A false lemma is a false premise, or step in the reasoning process.

From Textbooks • Jun. 15, 2022

Sperner’s lemma is sort of a discrete version of that continuous theorem.

From Scientific American • Sep. 29, 2018

The connection between the discrete nature of Sperner’s lemma, with its spread out dots, and the continuous hairy ball, was surprising to me.

From Scientific American • Sep. 29, 2018

You’ll have to listen to the episode to hear why this opulent meringue concoction is the perfect accompaniment to Sperner’s lemma.

From Scientific American • Sep. 29, 2018

He then proceeds to set forth that a certain "tomfoolery lemma," with its "tomfoolery" superstructure, "never had existence outside the shallow brains of its inventor," Euclid.

From A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I by Smith, David Eugene