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		remcob on July 22, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Mathematicians discover a perfect way to multiply ... A conjecture is a proposition that is suspected to be true. So there would be no proof in the paper, but likely some arguments why the authors expect it to be true.

hinkley on July 22, 2020 [–]

If a scientist were writing the article about the paper, yes. But everyone has been quick to point out is definitely not the case.

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