lemma
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A false lemma is a false premise, or step in the reasoning process.
From Textbooks • Jun. 15, 2022
Mohamed Omar told us how to count symmetries using a clever lemma.
From Scientific American • Feb. 16, 2019
Dr. Tanton also talked about how Sperner’s lemma can be used to prove the hairy ball theorem, famous largely because of its colorful name.
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
We will first construct a subsidiary lemma that is very general and concerns any suboptimality due to misinformation.
From Definition & Reality in the General Theory of Political Economy by Colignatus, Thomas
