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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
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.
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Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 1 June 2026
This is the real content of Gödel’s incompleteness theorems.
—Quanta Magazine, 18 May 2026
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.
—IEEE Spectrum, 4 May 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
In fact, the Logic Theorist proved 38 of the first 52 theorems in a famous mathematical text, Alfred Whitehead and Bertrand Russell’s Principia Mathematica.
—Big Think, 4 Nov. 2025
Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 1 June 2026
This is the real content of Gödel’s incompleteness theorems.
—Quanta Magazine, 18 May 2026
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.
—IEEE Spectrum, 4 May 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
In fact, the Logic Theorist proved 38 of the first 52 theorems in a famous mathematical text, Alfred Whitehead and Bertrand Russell’s Principia Mathematica.
—Big Think, 4 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for theorems
Noun
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The narrative conjures meaning from the Los Angeles cityscape by fusing a hodgepodge of textbook theories about the sprawling metropolis onto the gritty reality of daily life.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
22 June 2026
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Numerous theories have been thrown around to try shedding light on the more recent declines among males.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
21 June 2026
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Mythos can also produce novel research and hypotheses in areas like molecular biology and genomics.—
Rob Toews,
Forbes.com,
22 June 2026
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Researchers still don’t know exactly why sleep problems and high blood pressure seem to go hand in hand, but experts have a few hypotheses.—
Zoe Cunniffe,
Health,
18 June 2026
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“Theorems.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/theorems. Accessed 24 Jun. 2026.
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