theorem
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A mistaken theorem can work its way into flawed financial, medical or engineering systems.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 14, 2026
A key foundation for understanding why time seems to move in one direction is Boltzmann's H theorem, a central principle in statistical mechanics tied to the second law of thermodynamics.
From Science Daily ● May 3, 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 meaning of life, the laws of general relativity, quantum mechanics, Fermat's last theorem.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2025
As Hobbes remarked of his friend, ‘Roberval has this peculiarity: whenever people publish any remarkable theorem they have discovered, he immediately announces, in papers which he distributes, that he discovered it first.’
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
"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
The halting problem is a direct application of mathematician Kurt Gödel’s incompleteness theorems, which state that not all mathematical statements can be proved.
From Scientific American ● May 23, 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
There are many such systems used in tournaments, and they’re as complicated as abstract mathematical theorems.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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