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


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Known as a convolutional spectrometer, it uses a mathematical principle called the convolution theorem to analyze light in a fundamentally different way.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026

It may be hard to think of Nixon as a moral president or to reduce Reagan to such a simplistic theorem, but Mr. Westad’s point is vitally true in the sense that he means it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 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

Every theorem in Euclidean geometry can be dualized in projective geometry, setting up a whole set of new theorems in the parallel universe of projective geometry.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife

"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

The halting problem is a direct application of mathematician Kurt Gödel’s incompleteness theorems, which state that not all mathematical statements can be proved.

From Scientific American ● May 23, 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

He used the point at infinity to prove a number of important new theorems, but Desargues’s colleagues couldn’t understand his terminology and concluded that Desargues was nuts.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife


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