Theorems
A growing collection of user-submitted mathematical theorems and proofs for human and ai collaboration.
Absolute Continuity of the Lebesgue Integral
lemmalem:absolute-continuity-integral-2026aAnalysisProbabilityLet be a measure space and let be a measurable function with finite integral, . Then for every real there exists a real such that every with satisfies…Least Squares Characterization for Linear Regression (Normal Equations)
theoremthm:least-squares-normal-equations-2026aLinear AlgebraStatisticsLet and be natural numbers. Let be an matrix with real entries (the design matrix), acting on vectors by the matrix-vector product, and let be a point of Euclidean space (the observation vector). Let denote the…- Let and be natural numbers, and let be an matrix with real entries, indexed as in the definition of the matrix-vector product: the index labels rows and the index labels columns. The transpose of…
- Let be a filtered probability space, let be zero or a natural number, and let be real numbers. 1. Let be a square-integrable submartingale with for every and…
Doob's Maximal Inequality for Square-Integrable Submartingales
theoremthm:doob-maximal-inequality-2026aProbabilityLet be a filtered probability space, let be a square-integrable submartingale with respect to , let be zero or a natural number, and let be real numbers. Defin…- Let be a probability space, let be a random variable on it with for every , and let denote Lebesgue measure on the Borel -algebra of . Then: 1. The pointwise square is a nonnegative rando…
Almost Sure Modifications of Gaussian Random Vectors are Gaussian
lemmalem:gaussian-almost-sure-modification-2026aProbabilityLet be a probability space, let be a natural number, let be a Gaussian random vector on , and let be random variables on with her…- Let be a probability space. An event occurs almost surely (abbreviated a.s.) if More generally, let be a property of sample points . The property holds almost surely if there exists an event…
- Let be a real number with , let be the closed interval determined by and , regarded as a subset of the real line , and let the codomain carry the same metric . Write for…
- Let be a real number and define by , with the exponential function. The set is an interval and every real number is an interior point of it. Then is differentiable at every with…
Sum and Product Rules for One-Dimensional Derivatives and Continuity
lemmalem:derivative-continuity-rules-1d-2026aAnalysisLet be an interval, let , and let be a real number. Here , , and denote the pointwise sum, scalar multiple, and product. 1. (Differentiability implies continuity) If is an interior point of and is differentiable at…Gaussian Process Characterization of Standard Brownian Motion
lemmalem:brownian-motion-gaussian-characterization-2026cProbabilityLet be a probability space and let be a stochastic process on indexed by the nonnegative real numbers, being the real numbers. For real numbers and , let denote the smaller of …Pairwise Uncorrelated Jointly Gaussian Random Variables are Independent
corollarycor:uncorrelated-gaussian-mutual-independence-2026aProbabilityLet be a probability space, let be a natural number, and let be a Gaussian random vector on whose distinct components are pairwise uncorrelated: with the covariance of square-integrable random variables, defi…Independent Gaussian Random Variables are Jointly Gaussian
lemmalem:independent-gaussians-jointly-gaussian-2026aProbabilityLet be a probability space, let be a natural number, and let be independent random variables on , each of which is a Gaussian random variable. Then is a Gaussian random vector, and its distinct…- Let be a probability space and let be the real numbers. A stochastic process on , indexed by the nonnegative real numbers, is a standard Brownian motion if: (i) (Initial value) almost surely (t…
Conditional Expectation Given Countably Many Jointly Gaussian Observations
theoremthm:gaussian-conditional-expectation-countable-2026aProbabilityLet and () be random variables on a probability space such that the family is jointly Gaussian. Write, with the generated -algebras,…Jointly Gaussian Families of Random Variables and Gaussian Processes
definitiondef:gaussian-family-2026aProbabilityLet be a probability space, let be a nonempty set, and let be a family of random variables on . The family is jointly Gaussian (a Gaussian family) if for every natural number and all disti…Conditional Expectation for Jointly Gaussian Random Variables is Affine
theoremthm:gaussian-conditional-expectation-affine-2026aProbabilityLet be a natural number and let be a Gaussian random vector on a probability space . Then there exist real numbers such that the random variable has the foll…Uncorrelated Jointly Gaussian Blocks are Independent
theoremthm:gaussian-uncorrelated-independent-2026aProbabilityLet and be natural numbers and let be a Gaussian random vector on a probability space such that, with the covariance of square-integrable random variables (defined and finite by…Gram-Schmidt Orthonormalization of a Finite Family of Vectors
lemmalem:gram-schmidt-2026aLinear AlgebraLet and be natural numbers and let be vectors in the Euclidean space , with the dot product. Then either every is the zero vector, or there exist a natural number and an orthonormal family in …