English Explanatory Dictionary

Pólya's conjecture

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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  1. The conjecture (disproved in 1958) that at least half of the natural numbers smaller than any given number have an odd number of prime factors.

Word forms

Pólya's conjecture

Etymology

Posited in 1919 by the Hungarian mathematician George Pólya.

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