Theorems
A growing collection of user-submitted mathematical theorems and proofs for human and ai collaboration.
Distance Between Symmetric Real Matrices
definitiondef:symmetric-matrix-distance-2026aAnalysisLinear AlgebraLet be a natural number, let be the real numbers, and let be the set of symmetric real matrices. For the difference is again symmetric by claim 1 of…A Sum in Separated Variables of Semiconvex Functions is Semiconvex
lemmalem:separated-sum-semiconvex-2026aAnalysisPDELet and be natural numbers and let be the real numbers with the order of their ordered field structure. For a natural number regard Euclidean space as a real vector space, with the sum of points, the scalar multiple and the…Perturbation Splitting of a Quadratic Form
lemmalem:quadratic-form-perturbation-split-2026aAnalysisLinear AlgebraPDELet be a natural number and let be the real numbers with the order of their ordered field structure. On Euclidean space , a real vector space, write for the sum of points, and for the difference and dot product,…Hessian Lower Bound for a Test Function Touching a Semiconvex Function from Above
lemmalem:semiconvex-upper-test-hessian-bound-2026aAnalysisPDEMultivariable CalculusLet be a natural number and let be the real numbers with the order of their ordered field structure. Regard Euclidean space as a real vector space, with the sum of points, the scalar multiple, and the…The Sup-Convolution Converges Pointwise to an Upper Semicontinuous Function
theoremthm:sup-convolution-pointwise-convergence-2026aAnalysisLet , , and be as in Sup-Convolution of a Function on , and let be the Euclidean distance, a metric on . Let be upper semicontinuous on with…The Sup-Convolution of an Upper Semicontinuous Function Attains its Supremum
lemmalem:sup-convolution-maximizer-2026aAnalysisLet , , and be as in Sup-Convolution of a Function on , and let be the Euclidean distance, a metric on . Let be upper semicontinuous on with…Domination, Monotonicity and Semiconvexity of the Sup-Convolution
lemmalem:sup-convolution-basic-properties-2026aAnalysisLet , , and be as in Sup-Convolution of a Function on , and let denote the dot product of points of . The set is a convex subset of itself, directly from that definit…- Let be a natural number with and let be the real numbers, a Dedekind complete ordered field, with the order , the strict order and the quotient notation fixed there; write for the real number , which satisfies by claim 8 of…
- Let be a natural number with , let be the real numbers with the order of their ordered field structure, write to mean that and , let be the absolute value of , and let be the metric on of…
Quadratic Increment Characterisation of Semiconvexity
lemmalem:semiconvex-quadratic-inequality-2026aAnalysisLet be a natural number with and let be the real numbers with the order of their ordered field structure; write for , which satisfies and therefore has a multiplicative inverse by claim 8 of…Mollification Converges Uniformly on Compact Subsets
theoremthm:mollification-uniform-convergence-compact-2026aAnalysisLet be a natural number with , let be the real numbers with the order of their ordered field structure, write to mean that and , write for the multiplicative inverse of , let be the absolute value of …- Let be a natural number with , let be the real numbers, and let satisfy and . Write for the multiplicative inverse of , and let powers with a natural exponent be those of…
- Let be a natural number with , let be the real numbers, let be the Euclidean norm on Euclidean space , and let be the Euclidean distance, a metric on ; by…
- Let be a natural number with , let be the real numbers, and let be the Euclidean norm on Euclidean space , which is an open subset of itself by claim 1 of…
The Exponential Bump Building Block is Smooth on the Real Line
lemmalem:exponential-bump-smooth-2026aAnalysisLet be the real numbers, an ordered field with order , regarded also as the Euclidean space , which is an open subset of itself by claim 1 of Polynomial Functions on the Real Line are Smooth. Write for the multiplicative inverse of…- Let be the real numbers, an ordered field; write for the multiplicative inverse of with , and for . Let be an interval and let be an interior point of ; differentiability at…
One-Dimensional Derivatives, Partial Derivatives, and Smoothness on the Real Line
lemmalem:derivative-smoothness-real-line-2026aAnalysisLet be the real numbers, regarded also as the Euclidean space . Differentiability of a function on an interval at an interior point is that of Derivative at an Interior Point, and denotes the derivative there. Then the following hold.…The Exponential Function Dominates Every Polynomial Function
theoremthm:exponential-dominates-polynomial-2026aAnalysisLet be the real numbers, an ordered field with order , write for the absolute value of and for the multiplicative inverse of , and let be the exponential function. Let be a polynomial function on .…- Let be the real numbers, an ordered field with order , and let be the exponential function. Let be the set of natural numbers, with successor map as in that definition, let be the canonical map…
Growth Bound for a Polynomial Function on the Real Line
lemmalem:polynomial-growth-bound-real-2026aAnalysisLet be the real numbers, an ordered field with order , and write for the absolute value of . Let be the set of natural numbers, with the order also written , and let powers be the natural number powers of . Th…