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Definition of Theorem

Theorem

  1. That which is considered and established as a principle; hence, sometimes, a rule.
  2. A statement of a principle to be demonstrated.
  3. To formulate into a theorem.

Theorem Quotations

To insure the adoration of a theorem for any length of time, faith is not enough, a police force is needed as well.
Albert Camus

One cannot really argue with a mathematical theorem.
Stephen Hawking

I took a break from acting for four years to get a degree in mathematics at UCLA, and during that time I had the rare opportunity to actually do research as an undergraduate. And myself and two other people co-authored a new theorem: Percolation and Gibbs States Multiplicity for Ferromagnetic Ashkin-Teller Models on Two Dimensions, or Z2.
Danica McKellar

No matter how correct a mathematical theorem may appear to be, one ought never to be satisfied that there was not something imperfect about it until it also gives the impression of being beautiful.
George Boole

Our offense is like the pythagorean theorem: There is no answer!
Shaquille O'Neal
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Theorem Translations

theorem in Dutch is stelling, theorema
theorem in German is Lehrsatz
theorem in Spanish is teorema

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