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Everything about Conjecture
Proposition in mathematics that is unproven
In mathematics, a conjecture is a proposition that is proffered on a tentative basis without proof. Some conjectures, such as the Riemann hypothesis or Fermat's conjecture, have shaped much of mathematical history as new areas of mathematics are developed in order to prove them. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: ConjectureA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: ChatGPT for (Finance) research: The Bananarama ConjectureInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Ho theios Petros kai hē eikasia tou gkolntmpachThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: M theory as a matrix model: A conjectureCited 1,705 times
- Go sideways: Four color theoremA closely related topic
- Go sideways: TheoremA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Noun A statement or an idea which is unproven, but is thought to be true; a guess.
Noun A supposition based upon incomplete evidence; a hypothesis.
Noun A statement likely to be true based on available evidence, but which has not been formally proven.
Noun Interpretation of signs and omens.
🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
M theory as a matrix model: A conjecture
La conjecture de Weil : I
Brewer's conjecture and the feasibility of consistent, available, partition-tolerant web services
Some remarks on a conjecture in parameter adaptive control
On the proof of the positive mass conjecture in general relativity
La conjecture de Weil : II
A proof of the Kepler conjecture
A proof of the Bieberbach conjecture
🆕 Influential since 2022
📚 Books worth reading
Ho theios Petros kai hē eikasia tou gkolntmpachApostolos K. Doxiadēs · 1992
Perfect rigorMasha Gessen · 2009
The Poincaré conjectureDonal O'Shea · 2007
Novikov conjectures, index theorems, and rigiditySteven C. Ferry, Andrew Ranicki · 1995
Poincare's PrizeGeorge G. Szpiro · 2007
Poincaré, Philosopher of ScienceMaría de Paz, Robert DiSalle · 2014
Transtheoretic foundations of mathematics (general summary of results)H. A. Pogorzelski · 1997- 📕Sobolev Inequalities, Heat Kernels under Ricci Flow, and the Poincare ConjectureQi S. Zhang · 2010
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