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an idea or statement that can be proved from other ideas or statements
Her theorem was based on years studying the laws of physics.
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Recent Examples of theorems
Your proof rests on two famous sets of premises—Gödel’s incompleteness theorems, which found that every mathematical system will have statements that can never be proven, and Turing’s undecidability result for the halting problem, which found that some problems are inherently unsolvable.
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IEEE Spectrum, 4 May 2026
An axiom can also be accepted for plenty of other reasons, as Maddy put it — such as for its power to generate interesting theorems.
—Quanta Magazine, 29 Apr. 2026
This large-scale appropriation of the resources that knowledge workers use to make a living – skills, styles, theorems, jokes, recipes – has a historical parallel.
—Will Glovinsky, The Conversation, 30 Mar. 2026
In just the past few months, the best publicly available models have begun generating valid proofs for minor theorems of actual use for working mathematicians.
—Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 16 Mar. 2026
This simple idea, of searching for an answer, can be taken up a level — to much, much bigger maps, and to much harder problems than navigation, such as solving a complex puzzle or proving difficult mathematical theorems.
—Big Think, 4 Nov. 2025
This is a direct consequence of no-go theorems like no-cloning, no-deleting, no-hiding and uncertainty—any attempt to eavesdrop alters the quantum signal, alerting the sender and receiver.
—Pravir Malik, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
IEEE Spectrum, 4 May 2026
An axiom can also be accepted for plenty of other reasons, as Maddy put it — such as for its power to generate interesting theorems.
—Quanta Magazine, 29 Apr. 2026
This large-scale appropriation of the resources that knowledge workers use to make a living – skills, styles, theorems, jokes, recipes – has a historical parallel.
—Will Glovinsky, The Conversation, 30 Mar. 2026
In just the past few months, the best publicly available models have begun generating valid proofs for minor theorems of actual use for working mathematicians.
—Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 16 Mar. 2026
This simple idea, of searching for an answer, can be taken up a level — to much, much bigger maps, and to much harder problems than navigation, such as solving a complex puzzle or proving difficult mathematical theorems.
—Big Think, 4 Nov. 2025
This is a direct consequence of no-go theorems like no-cloning, no-deleting, no-hiding and uncertainty—any attempt to eavesdrop alters the quantum signal, alerting the sender and receiver.
—Pravir Malik, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for theorems
Noun
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Out of these theories, the last seemed the most speculative, personal, and, therefore, pertinent.—
Weike Wang,
New Yorker,
17 May 2026
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There are fan theories that at least part of Vought Rising will take place after the events of The Boys, where the WWII-era flashbacks will be the other half of the show.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2026
Noun
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The humans would explore — surfacing hypotheses, chasing hunches, venturing into territory the data didn’t obviously support.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
16 May 2026
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To achieve this, domain experts need to provide their most sophisticated hypotheses and command the AI to find the failure points.—
Syed Ahmad,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2026
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“Theorems.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/theorems. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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