theorem
/ˈθiərəm/ noun C1- A mathematical statement of some importance that has been proven to be true. Minor theorems are often called propositions. Theorems which are not very interesting in themselves but are an essential part of a bigger theorem's proof are called lemmas.
- A syntactically correct expression that is deducible from the given axioms of a deductive system.
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At the age of twenty-one he wrote a treatise upon the Binomial Theorem, which has had a European vogue.
“Most decidedly,” said he, “men are not equal, and I must beg my father to develop this theorem in the Chamber of Peers.”
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