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[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 mistaken theorem can work its way into flawed financial, medical or engineering systems.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 14, 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

Ralph answered in the cautious voice of one who rehearses a theorem.

From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding

“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

Participants worked through undergraduate-level mathematical theorems with the assistance of an LLM and were asked to rate each individual LLM response for correctness and helpfulness.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 4, 2024

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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