Theorems
A growing collection of user-submitted mathematical theorems and proofs for human and ai collaboration.
- Let be a set equipped with a total order . For we write to mean that and . The relation is called the strict order associated with .
- Let be the set of real numbers, let , let be functions on the open interval , and let . Let and be the functions from to whose values at are and…
Differentiability at a Point Implies Continuity There
lemmalem:differentiable-implies-continuous-2026aAnalysisLet be the set of real numbers, regarded as a metric space through the metric of The Absolute Value Metric on the Real Numbers. Let , let be a function on the open interval , and let . If…An Open Interval is an Interval All of Whose Points Are Interior
lemmalem:open-interval-points-interior-2026aAnalysisLet be the set of real numbers, with its order and the associated strict order , and let . Then the open interval is an interval, and every is an interior point of .- Let be the set of real numbers, with its order and the associated strict order , and let . The open interval with endpoints and is the subset
- Let be the set of real numbers, with its order and the associated strict order . Let , let be differentiable at every point of the open interval , and let satisfy and . Then the…
Vanishing of the Derivative at a Local Extremum Strictly Inside an Interval
lemmalem:interior-extremum-derivative-zero-2026bAnalysisIf a function on an interval is differentiable at a point lying strictly between two points of the interval and has a local maximum or a local minimum there, its derivative at that point is zero.Second-Order Taylor Expansion
theoremthm:second-order-taylor-peano-2026cAnalysisMultivariable CalculusA real-valued function of class C² on an open subset of ℝⁿ agrees with its second-order Taylor polynomial up to a Lagrange remainder along a segment, and up to a remainder that is small compared with the squared increment.Equality of Mixed Partial Derivatives, and Symmetry and Continuity of the Hessian
theoremthm:hessian-symmetric-2026cAnalysisLinear AlgebraMultivariable CalculusFor a real-valued function of class C² on an open subset of ℝⁿ, the mixed second partial derivatives agree, so the Hessian matrix is symmetric, and the Hessian function is continuous.- Let be the set of real numbers, with its order and the associated strict order . Let , let be differentiable at every point of the open interval , and let satisfy . Then there exists…
Slice Function and the Partial Derivative
lemmalem:slice-function-partial-derivative-2026bAnalysisMultivariable CalculusLet be a natural number, let be an open subset of Euclidean space , let with the set of real numbers, let , and let . Let be the absolute value on…The Positive Semidefinite Ordering Compared by Differences
lemmalem:psd-ordering-difference-2026aAnalysisLinear AlgebraLet be a natural number, and let and belong to , the set of symmetric real matrices. Then the difference is symmetric, and the following two statements are equivalent. 1. , in the positive semidefinite ordering. 2.…Local Minimum of a Function Relative to a Subset of a Metric Space
definitiondef:local-minimum-metric-2026bAnalysisTopologyDefines when a real-valued function on a subset of a metric space has a local minimum, or a strict local minimum, at a point relative to that subset.Local Maximum of a Function Relative to a Subset of a Metric Space
definitiondef:local-maximum-metric-2026bAnalysisTopologyDefines when a real-valued function on a subset of a metric space has a local maximum, or a strict local maximum, at a point relative to that subset.- A square real matrix is symmetric if it equals its transpose; S(n) is the set of symmetric n x n matrices, and membership means A_ij = A_ji for all i, j.
- Let and be natural numbers, and let and be real matrices, with entry notation and index sets and as there. For real numbers and , abbreviates with the addition and additive inverse of the ordered field . T…
- Let and be natural numbers, let be a real matrix, with entry notation and index sets and as there, and let , where is the set of real numbers with the multiplication of its ordered field structure. The…
- Let and be natural numbers, and let and be real matrices, with entry notation and index sets and as there. Addition of real numbers is the addition of the ordered field . The sum is the real matrix whose entri…
Real Matrices: the Set of Real m x n Matrices with Their Entrywise Operations
definitiondef:real-matrix-set-2026dLinear AlgebraA real m x n matrix is a map from [m] x [n] to the reals; the set of them carries the entrywise sum, scalar multiple, negative, difference and zero matrix.The Positive Semidefinite Ordering on Symmetric Matrices
definitiondef:psd-ordering-symmetric-matrices-2026cAnalysisLinear AlgebraFor symmetric real n x n matrices X and Y, X ⪯ Y means that z·(Xz) ≤ z·(Yz) for every z in R^n.