Timeline for Theorems that are essentially impossible to guess by empirical observation
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| Jan 1, 2022 at 20:10 | comment | added | Stanley Yao Xiao | @lalala one would arrive at that conclusion by considering the so-called parity conjecture and the minimalist conjecture. The former asserts that the parity of the rank of elliptic curves should not be biased towards odd or even, so half the time the rank should be even and the other half of the time it should be odd. The minimalist conjecture asserts that ranks are as low as they need to be, which means that half the time they should be 0 and the other half of the time it should be 1. Combining these assertions gives that the rank should be 1/2 on average. | |
| Jan 1, 2022 at 10:26 | comment | added | lalala | So how did anybody guess the conjecture in the first place? | |
| Dec 30, 2021 at 21:32 | history | edited | Stanley Yao Xiao | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Dec 29, 2021 at 23:05 | comment | added | Chris Wuthrich | Here some historic evidence that the heuristic question was discussed, but wasn't settled by 2006. | |
| Dec 29, 2021 at 20:36 | history | made wiki | Post Made Community Wiki by Stefan Kohl♦ | ||
| Dec 29, 2021 at 19:44 | history | answered | Stanley Yao Xiao | CC BY-SA 4.0 |