WHAT IS A CONJECTURE

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Oxford dictionary definition: An opinion or conclusion formed on the basis of incomplete information.

Cambridge dictionary definition: A guess about something based on how it seems and not on proof.
  • Example: Riemann hypothesis, Poincare conjecture, Collatz conjecture etc.

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