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To settle a conjecture is to determine whether it is true or false. To say with certainty that a conjecture is true, one must supply a proof — a mathematical argument where the conclusion of the conjecture is shown to follow as a logical consequence of the axioms and premises. Conjectures can also be disproved with logical arguments, or by providing a counterexample — a situation in which the conjecture is clearly false.
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Colton, S. (2002). Settling Conjectures. In: Automated Theory Formation in Pure Mathematics. Distinguished Dissertations. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-0147-5_8
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