What would happen if the conjecture happened to be true, and they did their data collection/computation, and got a bunch of data (called "0%" in mathematics) consistent with the conjecture?
Would their summer research be an utter failure? Would they be unimpressive mathematicatians?
How much of math success is being lucky enough to stumble upon a tractable problem?
Would their summer research be an utter failure? Would they be unimpressive mathematicatians?
How much of math success is being lucky enough to stumble upon a tractable problem?