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Originally Posted by mattityahu
"Hypothesis" is only really used in statistics, and is something you apply a statistical test to; in pure maths "conjecture" is the word used for an unproven statement (that's not an axiom). A mathematical theory is a particular axiomatic system (or sub-branch of an axiomatic system) such as set theory, number theory, etc.
Have you thought much about multiverse theories, Fizzle?
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Ah, clearer, I think, thanks.
Well, not really. It's kind of irrelevant. I mean, interesting, as all such theories are, but I don't think about it much before something far more "close" drives it off.