Theorem

Theorem

/ˈTHēərəm/

noun

1) an idea demonstrably true or assumed to be so

“The great poem and the deep theorem are new to every reader, and yet are his own experiences, because he himself recreates them.”

— Jacob Bronowski (1908 – 1974)

2) (in math) a proposition provable on the basis of explicit assumptions, a proven proposition

“The elegance of a mathematical theorem is directly proportional to the number of independent ideas one can see in the theorem and inversely proportional to the effort it takes to see them.”

― George Pólya (1887 – 1985)