Formulating conjectures requires as much mathematical creativity as proving them.
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The role of mathematicians is not just to prove conjectures, but also to formulate them. Formulating an interesting/important/useful statement that is a candidate for a theorem often requires as much creative insight (if not more) as does proving it.
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