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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) | ||||||||
Proposition For Proving A Theorem Crossword Clue
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