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Pólya's conjecture

Pólya's conjecture proper noun: 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.

Proper noun

Pólya's conjecture

  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.

Origin of Pólya's conjecture

Posited in 1919 by the Hungarian mathematician George Pólya.

Questions about Pólya's conjecture

What does Pólya's conjecture mean?
Pólya's conjecture means 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.
What part of speech is Pólya's conjecture?
Pólya's conjecture is a proper noun.

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