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theorem

[thee-er-uhm, theer-uhm] / ˈθi ər əm, ˈθɪər əm /


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These included the most precise test of general relativity to date and confirmation of Stephen Hawking's black hole area theorem.

From Science Daily Jul. 2, 2026

A fundamental and powerful concept in probability is Bayes’s theorem, developed by the 18th-century statistician Thomas Bayes.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 29, 2026

AI can’t sit with a student after class and talk through a complex theorem until the child finally gets it.

From MarketWatch Mar. 9, 2026

The Bell theorem refers to how entangled electrons are predicted by quantum mechanics, making them non-local — often referred to as “spooky action at a distance.”

From Salon Nov. 13, 2024

In modern schools, children learn of Pythagoras for his famed theorem: the square of the hypotenuse of a right triangle is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife

"Drawing on mathematical theorems related to incompleteness and indefinability, we demonstrate that a fully consistent and complete description of reality cannot be achieved through computation alone," explains Dr. Faizal.

From Science Daily Nov. 10, 2025

“He was a war hero and a Renaissance man that did math theorems while he was in Congress and who could recite Homer from memory,” he says.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 6, 2025

As a result, mathematicians tended to keep their discoveries to themselves, deploying their theorems, corollaries and lemmas only to win intellectual battles.

From Scientific American Apr. 24, 2023

Rambling conversations on aliens and math theorems, time travel and TED talks, contribute to an atmosphere in which everything feels unstable, not least the men’s sanity.

From New York Times Nov. 3, 2022

Hours later, Roza and I are sitting against the wall of the main cabin, sun-tired and bored, quizzing each other on math theorems.

From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper




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