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theorem

DEFINITIONS OF: theorem

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n an idea accepted as a demonstrable truth

Types:
Bayes' theorem
(statistics) a theorem describing how the conditional probability of a set of possible causes for a given observed event can be computed from knowledge of the probability of each cause and the conditional probability of the outcome of each cause
Type of:
idea, thought
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about

n a proposition deducible from basic postulates

Types:
binomial theorem
a theorem giving the expansion of a binomial raised to a given power
Type of:
proposition
(logic) a statement that affirms or denies something and is either true or false
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