Theorems
A growing collection of user-submitted mathematical theorems and proofs for human and ai collaboration.
- A sequence of real numbers is called a Cauchy sequence if for every there exists such that for all integers ,
- Let be a sequence of real numbers, and let . One says that converges to if for every there exists such that for all integers , In that case one writes…
Continuity on a Closed Interval Implies Uniform Continuity
lemmalem:heine-cantor-closed-interval-c54-2026aAnalysisLet with . If is continuous on , then is uniformly continuous on .Upper Sum and Lower Sum of a Function on a Partition
definitiondef:upper-lower-sums-partition-c54-2026aAnalysisLet , and let be a partition of . For each , let The upper sum and lower sum…Least Upper Bound Property of the Real Numbers
definitiondef:least-upper-bound-property-c54-2026aAnalysisThe real numbers have the least upper bound property: whenever is nonempty and bounded above, there exists a number such that .- Let . A number is called a lower bound of if for every . If is nonempty and bounded below, then a number is called the greatest lower bound, or infimum, of if:…
Uniform Continuity on a Subset of the Real Numbers
definitiondef:uniform-continuity-real-subset-c54-2026aAnalysisLet and let . The function is said to be uniformly continuous on if for every there exists such that for all , if , thenAdditivity of the Riemann Integral on Adjacent Intervals
lemmalem:riemann-integral-additivity-adjacent-intervals-c54-2026aAnalysisLet satisfy , and let be Riemann integrable on . Then the restrictions and are Riemann integrable on and , respectively, and…- Let with , let , let be a partition of , and let determine a tagged partition of relative to . The corresponding Riemann sum of is the real number…
Tagged Partition of a Closed Interval
definitiondef:tagged-partition-closed-interval-c54-2026aAnalysisLet with , and let be a partition of . A tagged partition of relative to is a choice of points for each .- Let with . A partition of is a finite sequence of real numbers such that . The mesh of is defined by
- Let be an interval. A point is an interior point of if there exist points such that .
- Let be a set. A total order on is a binary relation on , equivalently a subset of , and we write to mean that . The relation is a total order if the following axioms hold. 1. For every , one has . [Reflexivi…
- A field is a set together with two binary operations, written as [addition] and [multiplication], such that the following axioms hold. 1. For all , one has . [Associativity of addition] 2. There exists a…
Dedekind Complete Ordered Field
definitiondef:dedekind-complete-ordered-field-c54-2026bAnalysisAlgebraAn ordered field in the sense of Ordered Field is Dedekind complete if every nonempty subset that is bounded above has a least upper bound in , in the sense of Upper Bound and Least Upper Bound.- Let be a set equipped with a total order , and let . An element is an upper bound for if for every . If such a exists, then is bounded above. An element is a least upper bound, or supremum, of if is an…
- An ordered field is a field together with a binary relation on such that is a total order on , and the order is compatible with the field operations in the following sense. 1. For all , if , then . 2. For all , if…
- Let be a subset of , let , and let . The function is continuous at if for every there exists such that for every , if , then .
- The real numbers, denoted by , are an ordered field that satisfies the least upper bound property in the following sense. Every nonempty subset of that is bounded above has a least upper bound in in the sense of…
Fundamental Theorem of Calculus, Part II in One Dimension
theoremthm:ftc-part2-one-dimensional-c54-2026bAnalysisLet be an interval in the sense of Interval in the Real Line, let , let be continuous on in the sense of Continuity on a Closed Interval, and let be an antiderivative of on in the sense of…