Finding Patterns and Testing Conjectures
If a pattern has worked every time it has been checked, must it always be true? No: repeated success is evidence that a relationship may exist, but it does not by itself explain the relationship or establish that it has no exceptions. This section separates noticing a regularity from explaining its structure. That distinction is the starting point for reliable mathematical reasoning.
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