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In Bayes’ theorem, “priors” are initial predictions about an event, which we update as new information becomes available.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 16, 2026
However, the H theorem itself is time-symmetric, meaning it does not prefer one direction of time over another.
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
Known as the "infinite monkey theorem", the mathematical thought-experiment has long been used to explain the principles of probability and randomness.
From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2024
However, at the time that Penrose produced his theorem, I was a research student desperately looking for a problem with which to complete my Ph.D. thesis.
From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking
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"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
But, as indicated above, the real importance of the singularity theorems was that they showed that the gravitational field must become so strong that quantum gravitational effects could not be ignored.
From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking
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