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theorem

[thee-er-uhm, theer-uhm] / ˈθi ər əm, ˈθɪər əm /


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These included the most precise test of general relativity to date and confirmation of Stephen Hawking's black hole area theorem.

From Science Daily Jul. 2, 2026

A mistaken theorem can work its way into flawed financial, medical or engineering systems.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 14, 2026

AI can’t sit with a student after class and talk through a complex theorem until the child finally gets it.

From MarketWatch Mar. 9, 2026

Which means that while mathematically true, the theorem is "misleading", they say.

From BBC Oct. 31, 2024

Pythagoras did not simply enumerate examples of this theorem; he developed a method of mathematical deduction to prove the thing generally.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

"Drawing on mathematical theorems related to incompleteness and indefinability, we demonstrate that a fully consistent and complete description of reality cannot be achieved through computation alone," explains Dr. Faizal.

From Science Daily Nov. 10, 2025

“He was a war hero and a Renaissance man that did math theorems while he was in Congress and who could recite Homer from memory,” he says.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 6, 2025

As a result, mathematicians tended to keep their discoveries to themselves, deploying their theorems, corollaries and lemmas only to win intellectual battles.

From Scientific American Apr. 24, 2023

Rambling conversations on aliens and math theorems, time travel and TED talks, contribute to an atmosphere in which everything feels unstable, not least the men’s sanity.

From New York Times Nov. 3, 2022

I think about the theorems and the equations I will never have to do.

From "Ask the Passengers" by A.S. King




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