lemma
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A false lemma is a false premise, or step in the reasoning process.
From Textbooks • Jun. 15, 2022
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
Dr. Tanton also talked about how Sperner’s lemma can be used to prove the hairy ball theorem, famous largely because of its colorful name.
From Scientific American • Sep. 29, 2018
Dr. Tanton paired Sperner’s lemma with his Aussie roots in the dessert pavlova.
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
