Ansatz

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In physics and mathematics, an ansatz (; German: [ˈʔanzats] , meaning: "initial placement of a tool at a work piece", plural ansatzes or, from German, ansätze ; German: [ˈʔanzɛtsə] ) is an educated guess or an additional assumption made to help solve a problem, and which may later be verified to be part of the solution by its results.

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