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OpenStudy (anonymous):

whats the difference between postulate and theorem

OpenStudy (lgbasallote):

a postulate are those"common sense statements" they are very obvious theorems are considered true but have formulas

OpenStudy (lgbasallote):

that's the simplest i can define it

OpenStudy (anonymous):

this helps thank you !

OpenStudy (anonymous):

postulate is fact theorem is a condition i.e is proved to be true using postulates

OpenStudy (anonymous):

You can use postulates (math people usually say axioms, physicists postulate) to come up with theorems. You could take them to be assumptions in a very broad sense.

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