lemma

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

From Textbooks • Jun. 15, 2022

The consequence of this lemma is that any object in any category is entirely determined by its relation to the other objects in the category as encoded by the transformations to or from this object.

From Scientific American • Sep. 14, 2021

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

Archimedes says further that the theorem that spheres are in the triplicate ratio of their diameters was proved by means of the same lemma.

From Archimedes Men of Science by Heath, Thomas Little