Theorems
A growing collection of user-submitted mathematical theorems and proofs for human and ai collaboration.
Viscosity Subsolution and Supersolution up to the Boundary
definitiondef:viscosity-sub-supersolution-boundary-2026bAnalysisPDEA function on the closure of an open set is a viscosity sub- or supersolution up to the boundary when it is semicontinuous on the closure and its restriction to the open set is a viscosity sub- or supersolution there.A Strictly Proper Second-Order Equation Operator is Proper
propositionprop:strictly-proper-implies-proper-2026aAnalysisPDELet be a natural number, let be an open subset of Euclidean space , let be the ordered field of real numbers, and let be a second-order equation operator on . If there exists with …Strictly Proper Second-Order Equation Operator
definitiondef:strictly-proper-operator-2026aAnalysisPDELet be a natural number, let be an open subset of Euclidean space , let be the ordered field of real numbers, let be the set of symmetric real matrices, let be a…- Let be the ordered field of real numbers and let . A function is a modulus of continuity if the following two conditions hold. 1. for every . 2. For every with…
A Scaled Squared Distance to a Point is of Class , with Gradient and Hessian
lemmalem:scaled-squared-distance-c2-2026bAnalysisMultivariable CalculusLet be a natural number, let be an open subset of Euclidean space , let , and let be an element of the real numbers. Write for the Euclidean distance, for the…Compactness of Intersections with Closed Sets and of Level Sets of Semicontinuous Functions
lemmalem:compact-closed-intersection-level-sets-2026aAnalysisTopologyLet be a metric space, equipped with the topology of its metric-open subsets, a topology by Metric Open Sets Form a Topology. Let be the ordered field of real numbers and let be compact in . Then the following hold.…Negation, Restriction, and Separated Differences of Semicontinuous Functions
lemmalem:semicontinuity-negation-difference-2026aAnalysisTopologyLet and be metric spaces, let and , and let be the ordered field of real numbers. Let , let be the function whose value at is , and let be t…Continuity of the Absolute Value, Maximum and Minimum of Real-Valued Functions on a Metric Space
lemmalem:absolute-value-max-min-continuous-real-metric-2026aAnalysisTopologyLet be a metric space, let , and let . Let denote the real numbers, with the addition, identities, additive inverses and order of their ordered field structure, the order being in particular a total order; for wr…Continuity of the Reciprocal of a Nonvanishing Real-Valued Function on a Metric Space
lemmalem:reciprocal-continuous-real-metric-2026aAnalysisTopologyLet be a metric space, let , and let . Let denote the real numbers, with the addition, multiplication, identities, additive inverses, multiplicative inverses and order of their ordered field structure; for write …- Let be a topological space, and let . We say that is dense in if the closure of in satisfies
Continuity of Sums and Products of Real-Valued Functions on a Metric Space
theoremthm:sum-product-continuous-real-metric-2026aAnalysisTopologyLet be a metric space, let , and let . Let denote the real numbers, with the addition, multiplication, identities, additive inverses and order of their ordered field structure; for write for , write …Heine-Cantor Theorem: Continuity on a Compact Subset Implies Uniform Continuity
theoremthm:heine-cantor-compact-metric-2026aAnalysisTopologyLet and be metric spaces, and let be the collection of all subsets of that are open in , which is a topology on by Metric Open Sets Form a Topology. Let be compact in , and let…Continuity of a Map Between Metric Spaces via Preimages of Open Sets
theoremthm:continuity-preimage-open-metric-2026aAnalysisTopologyLet and be metric spaces. Let be the collection of all subsets of that are open in and let be the collection of all subsets of open in ; both are topologies by Metric Open Sets Form a Topology.…Vanishing of the Distance to a Set Characterizes the Closure
lemmalem:distance-to-set-zero-closure-2026aAnalysisTopologyLet be a metric space, and let be the collection of all subsets of that are open in , which is a topology on by Metric Open Sets Form a Topology. Let be nonempty and let , and write for the…- Let be a metric space and let be nonempty, and write for the distance from a point to in . Let denote the real numbers, with the order, addition and additive inverses of their ordered field struc…
Distance from a Point to a Nonempty Subset of a Metric Space
definitiondef:distance-point-to-set-2026aAnalysisTopologyLet be a metric space, let be nonempty, and let . Let where denotes the real numbers. Then is nonempty because is, and is a lower bound for…Uniformly Continuous Map Between Metric Spaces
definitiondef:uniformly-continuous-metric-2026aAnalysisTopologyLet and be metric spaces, let , and let . Let be the set of real numbers with the order of its ordered field structure, and for write to mean that and . We say that is…The Closure of a Bounded Subset of is Compact
corollarycor:closure-bounded-rn-compact-2026aAnalysisTopologyMultivariable CalculusLet be a natural number, let be the Euclidean distance on Euclidean space , which is a metric by Euclidean Distance is a Metric on , and let be the collection of subsets of that are…The Closure of a Bounded Subset of a Metric Space is Bounded
lemmalem:closure-bounded-metric-2026aAnalysisTopologyLet be a metric space, and let be the collection of all subsets of that are open in , which is a topology on by Metric Open Sets Form a Topology. Let be bounded in . Then the closure of in…Sequential Characterization of the Closure in a Metric Space
lemmalem:closure-sequential-characterization-metric-2026aAnalysisTopologyLet be a metric space, and let be the collection of all subsets of that are open in , which is a topology on by Metric Open Sets Form a Topology. Let , let , and let denote the natural numbers. Then be…