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conjecture

[kuhn-jek-cher] / kΙ™nˈdΚ’Ι›k tΚƒΙ™r /




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Schnoebelen said that while the speculating on the origins of the statue is all conjecture at this point, she does enjoy the attention the statue has brought to this particular period of art.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026

At the time of writing, details have not been made public regarding exactly how Alpöge prompted the AI model to produce the Jacobian conjecture counterexample and what its output looked like.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 6, 2026

During its long history, the Jacobian conjecture has been the subject of many claimed proofs, including by Beniamino Segre and Wolfgang Gröbner, two famed 20th-century mathematicians.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 6, 2026

At this point in his biography, I could tell you about his groundbreaking work on the André-Oort conjecture and Griffiths’ conjecture on the algebraicity of images of period maps and—well, let’s just move on.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026

But possibly either of these statements, without elaboration, can lead to an overly clear-cut line of conjecture.

From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger

But we have reached the point where famous math conjectures that stood for decades seem to be falling every day.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026

"This unprecedentedly clear signal of the black hole merger known as GW250114 puts to the test some of our most important conjectures about black holes and gravitational waves," Isi said.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 8, 2025

Not only did that survey find no job losses, but it also debunked claims or conjectures from minimum-wage critics that the increase would show up as reductions in hours or fringe benefits.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2024

A lawyer for the New Jersey senator said the justice department claims were "baseless" and "bizarre conjectures".

From BBC ● Jan. 2, 2024

Nowadays the great unsolved problems in mathematics are stated in terms of conjectures that mathematicians are unable to prove.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife

ErdΕ‘s conjectured that the maximum number of pairs, suggested by a gridlike system, could increase only slightly faster than the number of dots.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 14, 2026

Some legal observers have conjectured the 8th Circuit’s reversal of her injunction prompted her to stay her hand, over a concern that the appeals court would overrule her again.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 5, 2026

But, for an elusive conjectured class of materials, physicists have now shown that the surface previously thought to be "featureless" holds an unmistakable signature that could lead to the first definitive observation.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 16, 2024

“Is there a universal basis for selection? Is there a more quantitative formalism underlying this conjectured conceptual equivalence—a formalism rooted in the transfer of information?,” they ask of the world’s disparate phenomena.

From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2023

The problem was that although its existence had been conjectured for years, no one had found it.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

The outlay had some crypto followers conjecturing that he meant to consolidate the industry in his own hands.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2022

"Rather than conjecturing whether Xi would restrain actions before the party congress, it is more realistic to analyse its daily military activities and make preparations accordingly," the official added.

From Reuters ● Feb. 23, 2022

We tune in for the fighting, assigning meaning to each expression, conjecturing about what happens when the cameras are off.

From Salon ● Nov. 6, 2021

Seattle needs leadership that will solve Seattle’s problems, not shameless conjecturing to tilt the playing field.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 19, 2021

Mostly they were focused on me, whispering, nodding, conjecturing on who I was.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee




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