Compare and contrast a postulate and a conjecture

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Raphael

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1 April, 00:05

Compare and contrast a postulate and a conjecture

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Danielle Mcintyre · Answer 1

Postulates and conjectures are similar in that they are both used in mathematical proofs. The difference between them is that whilst a conjecture is a opinion that is put forward without proof, and that simply represents a belief, a postulate it something that is assumed true (but still does not have any proof behind it).