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.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. mathematicsThe 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

Posited in 1919 by the Hungarian mathematician George Pólya.

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