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Szpiro's conjecture

Szpiro's conjecture proper noun: a conjecture relating to the conductor and the discriminant of an elliptic curve, equivalent in a slightly modified form to the abc conjecture.

Proper noun

Szpiro's conjecture

  1. A conjecture relating to the conductor and the discriminant of an elliptic curve, equivalent in a slightly modified form to the abc conjecture.

Origin of Szpiro's conjecture

Named for Lucien Szpiro, who formulated it in the 1980s.

Questions about Szpiro's conjecture

What does Szpiro's conjecture mean?
Szpiro's conjecture means a conjecture relating to the conductor and the discriminant of an elliptic curve, equivalent in a slightly modified form to the abc conjecture.
What part of speech is Szpiro's conjecture?
Szpiro's conjecture is a proper noun.

Words near Szpiro's conjecture in the dictionary

  1. szopelka
  2. Szostak
  3. Szot
  4. Szots
  5. SzPD
  6. Szpiro's conjecture
  7. sztrokayite
  8. Szuba
  9. Szubas
  10. Szubin
  11. Szuch

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