Mathematical English Usage - a Glossary

by Jerzy Trzeciak

reduce

[see also: decrease, diminish, lower]

We first prove a reduced form of the theorem.

By induction, we are reduced to proving the following lemma.

The problem now reduces to establishing that......

The length of F is thus reduced by half.


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