The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word THEOREM , but the solution may also be LEMMA which is one of the most recent solution (2021 in New York Times).
Mathematical proposition crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| THEOREM | 83 % | 7 |
| LEMMA | 17 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Mathematical proposition
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- theorem
- analysis
- sentence
- porism
- analytic
- axiom
- equation
- formula
- law
- lemma
- problem
- prove
Crossword Answer definitions
THEOREM noun- A mathematical statement of some importance that has been proven to be true. Minor theorems are often called propositions. Theorems which are not very interesting in themselves but are an essential part of a bigger theorem's proof are called lemmas.
- A mathematical statement that is expected to be true
- A syntactically correct expression that is deducible from the given axioms of a deductive system.
- To formulate into a theorem.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
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More clues leading to the result THEOREM
- Proposition
- Proposal for testing
- Something to prove
- Pythagorean proposition
- Experimenter's hypothesis
- Geometric law
- Statement backed by a proof, in math
- Provable proposition
- Mathematical proposition
- Formula to be proven