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Lemma

A\n helping theorem. A lemma is proven true, just like a theorem, but\n is not interesting or important enough to be a theorem. It\n is of interest only because it is a stepping stone towards the\n proof of a theorem.
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See\n also

Corollary, axiom, postulate

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