theorems

plural of theorem

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Recent Examples of theorems Traditionally, mathematicians have had to translate their theorems and proofs into this machine-readable format by hand, a laborious process known as formalization. Benjamin Skuse, IEEE Spectrum, 25 June 2026 Like, if the end is to predict nature, to be able to find formulas and theorems that are true, understanding may be a crutch. Quanta Magazine, 25 June 2026 This question led the mathematician to develop her theorems. Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 23 June 2026 That morning — to his evident delight — an AI had proved one of Paul Erdős’ mathematical theorems using a branch of mathematics nobody had thought to apply. Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 1 June 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for theorems
Noun
  • It should never be cheapened into a pretext for a tariff policy built on dubious legal theories and personal grievances.
    ABC News, ABC News, 23 July 2026
  • There are equations, theories, and principles, of course, but real progress often emerges through experimentation.
    Lintao "LT" Lu, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
Noun
  • There’s a new generation of drugs about to hit the market that didn’t originate with elegant hypotheses, but rather from brute-force analyses of massive datasets.
    Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 17 July 2026
  • This means that some of the hypotheses for how magnetoreception operates – for instance, through light-sensitive cryptochromes in the eyes – are not well supported by our results.
    Laura Russo, The Conversation, 17 July 2026

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