porism

A form of mathematical proposition among the Greeks, concerning the nature of which there continues to be much dispute.

Synonyms See inference.

A proposition affirming the possibility of finding such conditions as will render a certain determinate problem indeterminate or capable of innumerable solutions.

A corollary.

A proposition affirming the possibility of finding such conditions as will render a certain determinate problem indeterminate or capable of innumerable solutions.

A corollary.