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| Aug 3, 2020 at 14:02 | history | edited | Hans-Peter Stricker | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Aug 3, 2020 at 13:57 | comment | added | Willie Wong | In mathematical English (generally speaking), there's not too much a distinction between "hypothesis" and "assumption". In general English (re: experimental sciences), children are taught that a "hypothesis is an idea you can test". But in mathematical writing, the theorem schema of "if A then B" often has A being called "the hypothesis". | |
| Aug 3, 2020 at 13:20 | comment | added | YCor | Actually in French "hypothesis" is essentially only used in the meaning of "assumption". I can see "Riemann's hypothesis" (hypothèse de Riemann) as an exception, but precisely it most likely comes from literal translation of German. The definitions I could find on the web for English "hypothesis" seem compatible with the meaning "assumption". Hopefully native speakers will provide further feedback, in particular whether there's a nuance between "hypothesis" and "assumption". | |
| Aug 3, 2020 at 12:13 | comment | added | Hans-Peter Stricker | Furthermore, the author's assumption is so natural that it should not be emphasized as a Hypothesis 1.6. | |
| Aug 3, 2020 at 12:04 | comment | added | Hans-Peter Stricker | @YCor: For me, a hypothesis is something one might want to prove, an assumption is something that ... is just assumed in the further discussion. The opposite can be true as well. But I admit, I'm not a native English speaker. In German you would rarely say "Hypothese" instead of "Annahme" (only instead of "Vermutung" = "conjecture") | |
| Aug 3, 2020 at 11:58 | comment | added | YCor | (on 3.) What is, for you, the difference between hypothesis and assumption? For me they have roughly the same meaning. (Hypothesis is sometimes used in the sense of "conjecture" but this doesn't make the other meaning invalid.) | |
| S Aug 3, 2020 at 11:38 | history | answered | Hans-Peter Stricker | CC BY-SA 4.0 | |
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