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Proposition For Proving A Theorem Crossword Clue

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100%14 The logical inference that if proposition A implies proposition B and proposition B implies proposition C, then proposition A implies proposition C
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noun

• a subsidiary proposition that is assumed to be true in order to prove another proposition

• the lower and stouter of the two glumes immediately enclosing the floret in most Gramineae

• the heading that indicates the subject of an annotation or a literary composition or a dictionary entry

40%5 Published the theorem known as Euler's theorem in graph theory
noun

• Swiss mathematician (1707-1783)

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