The Collatz conjecture is known to be true up to approx 5.5*10^18 but that does not prove it to be true. In 1972 John Conway proved that Collatz-type problems can be formally undecidable, so there may be no solution.
1. The Goldbach conjecture. 2. The Riemann hypothesis. 3. The conjecture that there exists a Hadamard matrix for every positive multiple of 4. 4. The twin prime conjecture (i.e., the conjecture that there are an infinite number of twin primes). 5. Determination of whether NP-problems are actually P-problems. 6. The Collatz problem. 7. Proof that the 196-algorithm does not terminate when applied to the number 196. 8. Proof that 10 is a solitary number. 9. Finding a formula for the probability that two elements chosen at random generate the symmetric group . 10. Solving the happy end problem for arbitrary .
The Poincaré Conjecture.
One possible conjecture is that their sum is 27. The conjecture is patently false, but that does not stop it being a conjecture.
My conjecture is that the sum is 67. A conjecture does not have to be true, or even plausible. You should be able to test it. If it is found to be true then in is no longer a conjecture, if it is found to be false, it is rejected - and so no longer a conjecture. If it cannot be proved either way, it remains a conjecture.
The Collatz conjecture
The Collatz conjecture is known to be true up to approx 5.5*10^18 but that does not prove it to be true. In 1972 John Conway proved that Collatz-type problems can be formally undecidable, so there may be no solution.
A conjecture is a proposition that is unproven but appears correct and has not been disproven.
Lothar Collatz was born in 1910.
Lothar Collatz died in 1990.
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1. The Goldbach conjecture. 2. The Riemann hypothesis. 3. The conjecture that there exists a Hadamard matrix for every positive multiple of 4. 4. The twin prime conjecture (i.e., the conjecture that there are an infinite number of twin primes). 5. Determination of whether NP-problems are actually P-problems. 6. The Collatz problem. 7. Proof that the 196-algorithm does not terminate when applied to the number 196. 8. Proof that 10 is a solitary number. 9. Finding a formula for the probability that two elements chosen at random generate the symmetric group . 10. Solving the happy end problem for arbitrary .
The future tense of "conjecture" is "will conjecture."
No. A generalization cannot be proved correct. Even this generalization about a generalization could be incorrect. Anywho, and generalization could never be proven correct.
No. A generalization cannot be proved correct. Even this generalization about a generalization could be incorrect. Anywho, and generalization could never be proven correct.
Hasty generalization is a logical fallacy of faulty generalization by reaching an inductive generalization based on insufficient evidence.