Word of the Day... Theorem

[Aunt Marg]

Theorem:

• An idea that has been demonstrated as true or is assumed to be so demonstrable.
• A proposition that has been or is to be proved on the basis of explicit assumptions.
• To reduce to or formulate as a theorem.
  

 

[Aunt Marg]

When I took mathematics, I never fully grasped the Pythagorean theorem.

 

[Aunt Marg]

I believe the theorem behind alien life.

 

[Aunt Marg]

Applying the word theorem further, more scientifically...

Theorems, Corollaries, Lemmas

• A Theorem is a major result
• A Corollary is a theorem that follows on from another theorem
• A Lemma is a small result (less important than a theorem)

 

[Kaila]

It might be difficult to deduce the original theorem, from a conclusion.

It seems that a theorem is more definite than a theory,
but less definite than a fact. Or is it?

I don't know what I am talking about. Perhaps I am just introducing possible theorems.
But perhaps not!!!

Well, I tried to use it in a sentence.

 

[Kaila]

A Corollary is a theorem that follows on from another theorem

Oh! Corollary! That word sounds vaguely familiar, also!

 

[JonDouglas]

I remember some students having difficulty understanding the Fundamental Theorems Of Calculus.

 

[JonDouglas]

Applying the word theorem further, more scientifically...

Theorems, Corollaries, Lemmas

• A Theorem is a major result
• A Corollary is a theorem that follows on from another theorem
• A Lemma is a small result (less important than a theorem)

This is getting too technical, lemma out of here.

 

[Kaila]

Perhaps a theorem's corollary,
was sung outdoors, in a friendly group, while walking the neighborhoods, at holiday time.

Or was it the group itself, that was referred to as a corollary?

 

[Aunt Marg]

Perhaps a theorem's corollary,
was sung outdoors, in a friendly group, while walking the neighborhoods, at holiday time.

Or was it the group itself, that was referred to as a corollary?

Yes, that, too! LOL!