Branch links a conjecture to the field of mathematics it belongs to. Wikipedia places the Poincare conjecture "in the mathematical field of geometric topology," a branch distinct from number theory or algebra. This dimension groups conjectures that belong to the same branch of mathematics.
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Era Of Emergence Branch
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1. Algebraic Geometry (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationRenaissance sectionQuote, Renaissance section
The French mathematicians Franciscus Vieta and later Rene Descartes and Pierre de Fermat revolutionized the conventional way of thinking about construction problems through the introduction of coordinate geometry.
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