Ansatz

In physics and mathematics, an ansatz (/ˈænsæts/; German: [ˈʔanzats] ⓘ, meaning: "initial placement of a tool at a work piece", plural ansatzes[1] or, from German, ansätze /ˈænsɛtsə/; 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.[2]

  1. ^ "Definition of ANSATZ". www.merriam-webster.com. Retrieved 2019-11-19.
  2. ^ Gershenfeld, Neil A. (1999). The nature of mathematical modeling. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 10. ISBN 0-521-57095-6. OCLC 39147817.