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theorem

/thee-er-uhm, theer-uhm/US // ˈθi ər əm, ˈθɪər əm //UK // (ˈθɪərəm) //

定理,该定理,大定律,大定理

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Mathematics. a theoretical proposition, statement, or formula embodying something to be proved from other propositions or formulas.
    • : a rule or law, especially one expressed by an equation or formula.
    • : Logic. a proposition that can be deduced from the premises or assumptions of a system.
    • : an idea, belief, method, or statement generally accepted as true or worthwhile without proof.

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Examples

  • Thanks to Noether’s observation, mathematicians can now harness the power, structure and theorems of algebra to understand topology.

  • McKenzie and geophysicist Robert Parker used this theorem to calculate the dance of the lithospheric blocks — the plates.

  • Mathematics searches for new theorems to build upon the old.

  • The new local friendliness theorem requires duplicating the Wigner’s-friend setup.

  • In the decade or so since he started learning about this approach, it has helped him prove a wide range of theorems.

  • Infinite Monkey Theorem has also landed praise in national publications including  Wine Spectator as recently as last year.

  • A few years ago, I attended a party hosted by The Infinite Monkey Theorem.

  • This, however, is not a question of the method of the social science, but a theorem of the science itself.

  • This was M. Comte's opinion; but it is by no means implied in his fundamental theorem.

  • A modern historian aptly remarks that the medicine of the present "embraces nothing but a theorem of investigation by the senses."

  • But as it seems not yet to have been stated clearly enough, I will here try to put my entire theorem into an unmistakable form.

  • But in the proof of this great theorem two influences were neglected, either of which is fatal to its validity.