Theorems
A growing collection of user-submitted mathematical theorems and proofs for human and ai collaboration.
Lebesgue Outer Measure on the Real Line
definitiondef:lebesgue-outer-measure-real-line-2026aAnalysisProbabilityFor a subset of the real line , the Lebesgue outer measure of is where the infimum is taken over all sequences of open intervals …- Let be a set and let be an outer measure on . Let be the family of all subsets of that are Carathéodory measurable with respect to , in the sense of that definition. Then: 1. is a -algebra on ; 2. the restricti…
- Let be a set. An outer measure on is a function from the family of all subsets of to (with the conventions of Measure, Measure Space, and Probability Measure) such that: 1. ; 2. (monotonicity) if…
Measure, Measure Space, and Probability Measure
definitiondef:measure-measure-space-2026aAnalysisProbabilityLet be a measurable space. Write for the set , where is a formal symbol with the conventions for all , for all real , and…Borel Sigma-Algebra on the Real Line
definitiondef:borel-sigma-algebra-real-line-2026aAnalysisProbabilityIdentify the real line with the Euclidean space . The Borel -algebra on , denoted , is the -algebra generated by the family of all open subsets of . Its members are called Borel sets. In…- Let be a set and let be a family of subsets of . The intersection of any nonempty collection of -algebras on is again a -algebra on , since each of the three defining properties is preserved under intersections of families. The family…
Sigma-Algebra and Measurable Space
definitiondef:sigma-algebra-measurable-space-2026aAnalysisProbabilityLet be a set. A -algebra on is a family of subsets of with the following three properties. 1. . 2. If , then the complement belongs to . 3. For every sequence …Integral of a Smooth n-Form over a Compact Oriented Smooth Manifold with Boundary
definitiondef:integral-form-oriented-manifold-boundary-2026aAnalysisGeometryMultivariable CalculusLet and let be an oriented smooth manifold with boundary of dimension that is compact in the sense of Smooth Atlas and Smooth Manifold with Boundary, with chosen oriented smooth atlas , and write…Independence of the Manifold Integral from Chart and Partition Choices
theoremthm:integral-manifold-independence-choices-2026aAnalysisGeometryMultivariable CalculusLet and let be an oriented smooth manifold with boundary of dimension that is compact in the sense of Smooth Atlas and Smooth Manifold with Boundary, with chosen oriented smooth atlas , and write…Smooth Partitions of Unity on a Compact Smooth Manifold with Boundary
theoremthm:smooth-partition-unity-compact-manifold-boundary-2026aAnalysisGeometryTopologyLet be a smooth manifold with boundary that is compact in the sense of that definition, with chosen smooth atlas . Then there exist , indices , and smooth differential -forms…Existence of Smooth Bump Functions on Euclidean Space
lemmalem:smooth-bump-function-euclidean-2026aAnalysisMultivariable CalculusLet , let be a point of Euclidean space , and let with . Then there exists a smooth map such that, with denoting the Euclidean distance on : 1. …Pullback Invariance of the Integral under Orientation-Preserving Smooth Diffeomorphisms
theoremthm:pullback-invariance-integral-diffeomorphism-euclidean-2026aAnalysisGeometryMultivariable CalculusLet , let be admissible domains in Euclidean space in the sense of Continuous n-Form, Support, and Zero Extension on a Euclidean or Half-Space Domain, and let be an orientation-preserving…Integral of a Compactly Supported Continuous n-Form on a Euclidean or Half-Space Domain
definitiondef:integral-compactly-supported-n-form-euclidean-2026aAnalysisMultivariable CalculusLet , let be an admissible domain in Euclidean space with ambient set in the sense of Continuous n-Form, Support, and Zero Extension on a Euclidean or Half-Space Domain, and let be a continuous differential -form on…Zero Extension Continuity and Box Independence of the Iterated Integral
lemmalem:zero-extension-box-integral-euclidean-2026aAnalysisMultivariable CalculusLet , let be an admissible domain in Euclidean space with ambient set in the sense of Continuous n-Form, Support, and Zero Extension on a Euclidean or Half-Space Domain, and let be a continuous differential -form on…Continuous n-Form, Support, and Zero Extension on a Euclidean or Half-Space Domain
definitiondef:continuous-n-form-support-euclidean-domain-2026aAnalysisMultivariable CalculusLet . We call a subset of Euclidean space an admissible domain if either is an open subset of , or is a subset of the closed upper half-space that is open in in the sense of that definition. In…Stokes Theorem for Compact Oriented Smooth Manifolds with Boundary
theoremthm:stokes-smooth-manifold-boundary-2026aAnalysisGeometryTopologyMultivariable CalculusLet with , and let be an oriented smooth manifold with boundary of dimension that is compact as defined in Smooth Atlas and Smooth Manifold with Boundary. Let be a smooth differential -form on and let denote the…- Let be a metric space, and let be a sequence in . We say that is a Cauchy sequence in if for every real number there exists such that for every…
Convergent Sequence in a Metric Space
definitiondef:convergent-sequence-metric-space-2026aAnalysisTopologyLet be a metric space, let be a sequence in , and let . We say that converges to in the metric space if for every real number there exists such that for eve…- Let be a set. A sequence in is a family indexed by the natural numbers such that for every .
Contraction Mapping Theorem on a Nonempty Complete Metric Space
theoremthm:contraction-mapping-complete-metric-space-2026bAnalysisTopologyLet be a complete metric space, and suppose that is nonempty. Let be a contraction. Then has a unique fixed point in . Moreover, for every , the iterated sequence converges to that fixed…