hypothesis
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The efficient-markets hypothesis, developed decades ago by economists at the University of Chicago, stipulates that all available information is already factored into the market price.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 25, 2026
A nice historical example of the good kind of hard problem centers on Bernhard Riemann—but work far removed from prime numbers and the hypothesis that bears his name.
From Slate • Jun. 22, 2026
According to this hypothesis, the systems briefly misidentified the aircraft as being on the ground, prompting a protection system to interpret high engine thrust as a malfunction and cut fuel to both engines.
From BBC • Jun. 15, 2026
The nanozymes hypothesis assigns several important functions to natural MN-zymes.
From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026
But once it became common to refer to Copernicanism as an hypothesis, then other hypotheses—magnetical, atomic, mechanical—multiplied.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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