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nounan idea accepted as a demonstrable truth
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nouna proposition deducible from basic postulatestype of:
Definition that contains theorem
- construction drawing a figure satisfying certain conditions as part of solving a problem or proving a theorem
- pythagoras Greek philosopher and mathematician who proved the Pythagorean theorem; considered to be the first true mathematician (circa 580-500 BC)
- duality (geometry) the interchangeability of the roles of points and planes in the theorems of projective geometry
- bayesian of or relating to statistical methods based on Bayes' theorem
- thomas bayes English mathematician for whom Bayes' theorem is named (1702-1761)
- bayes English mathematician for whom Bayes' theorem is named (1702-1761)
- logical proof proof of a logical theorem
- binomial theorem a theorem giving the expansion of a binomial raised to a given power
- bayes' postulate (statistics) the difficulty of applying Bayes' theorem is that the probabilities of the different causes are seldom known, in which case it may be postulated that they are all equal (sometimes known as postulating the equidistribution of ignorance)
- mathematical proof proof of a mathematical theorem