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by ukj 2518 days ago
A theorem is a consequence of a set of axioms. By definition.

It may be an a-priori truth in the context of the particular proof you are working on, but a-priori your theorem there is always an axiom.

Wanting to prove that X is a theorem of a-priori truth Y is the same thing as writing the algorithm for f: Y -> X