Conjecture
- Category
- STANDARD MATHEMATICS
- Definition
- A mathematical statement believed or suspected to be true but not yet proved.
- Math Level
- GENERAL
A conjecture is a mathematical statement believed or suspected to be true but not yet proved.
Conjectures can be supported by theory, examples and extensive numerical evidence, but that support is logically different from proof. The Riemann Hypothesis is one of mathematics' most famous conjectures.
See also: proof, numerical evidence, counterexample, Riemann Hypothesis..