lemma

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A false lemma is a false premise, or step in the reasoning process.

From Textbooks • Jun. 15, 2022

Dr. Tanton paired Sperner’s lemma with his Aussie roots in the dessert pavlova.

From Scientific American • Sep. 29, 2018

Dr. Tanton chose Sperner’s lemma, which is related to the Brouwer fixed-point theorem that both Francis Su and Holly Krieger talked about on their episodes of the podcast.

From Scientific American • Sep. 29, 2018

If you’d like to learn more about the real favorite theorem of every category theorist, check out Tai-Danae Bradley’s series about the Yoneda lemma on her blog Math3ma, starting with this post.

From Scientific American • May 28, 2018

Archimedes says further that the theorem that spheres are in the triplicate ratio of their diameters was proved by means of the same lemma.

From Archimedes Men of Science by Heath, Thomas Little