axioms
- plural of axiom.
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In particular, I would say that virtually all professional mathematicians agree that questions of the form “Does Theorem T provably follow from Axioms A1, A2, and A3?” have objectively true answers.
From Scientific American • Sep. 15, 2019
Axioms 2 and 3 are older than Euclid's time, and are the only ones given by him relating to the solution of the equation.
From The Teaching of Geometry by Smith, David Eugene
Of the Axioms paper I have only read a sheet and a half at the beginning and the superb conclusion which has just arrived.
From The Letters of William James, Vol. II by James, William
Still, the Law of Causation cannot be derived from the Mathematical Axioms, nor these from the Logical.
From Logic Deductive and Inductive by Read, Carveth
Captayne, I praise thy warlike eloquence, And sober Axioms of Philosophie, But now's no time for schoole points difference, When Deaths blacke Ensigne threatens miserie; Yet for thy words sound of such consequence.
From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 07 England's Naval Exploits Against Spain by Hakluyt, Richard
