"abc conjecture" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: abc conjectures [plural]
Etymology: From the names of the variables a, b, and c. The conjecture was proposed in 1985. Head templates: {{en-noun|head=abc conjecture}} abc conjecture (plural abc conjectures)
  1. (number theory) Given coprime positive integers a, b and c, such that a + b = c, and d the radical of abc (the product of its distinct prime factors), the conjecture that d is usually not much smaller than c (in other words, that if a and b are divisible by large powers of primes, then c usually is not). Categories (topical): Number theory Synonyms (conjecture in number theory): Oesterlé-Masser conjecture Translations (conjecture in number theory): conjecture abc [feminine] (French), abc-Vermutung [feminine] (German), congettura abc [feminine] (Italian), conjetura abc [feminine] (Portuguese), conjetura abc [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-abc_conjecture-en-noun-tjhQLeNJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms containing italics Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 68 32 Disambiguation of English terms containing italics: 64 36 Topics: mathematics, number-theory, sciences Disambiguation of 'conjecture in number theory': 70 30 Disambiguation of 'conjecture in number theory': 70 30
  2. Any of certain generalisations of the conjecture.
    Sense id: en-abc_conjecture-en-noun-vso3Mh3v
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: abc-conjecture, ABC conjecture

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