Talk:Wigner surmise

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What kind of statement is this?

If I understand correctly, the Wigner surmise is a statement (or pair of statements) about a mathematical model of a physical phenomenon. I'm having trouble placing this statement in a category:

Is it an axiom --- that is, an explicit assumption of the model?
Is it a theorem --- that is, a fact that can be proved logically from the assumptions of the model?
Is it a conjecture --- that is, something suspected to be (exactly) true but not yet proved from the assumptions of the model?
Is it an approximation --- that is, a useful (or historically interesting) simplification that isn't exactly true in the context of the model?

Or what? Please help readers like me. Mgnbar (talk) 16:38, 28 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]