👉 In mathematics, a contingent is a property of an object that depends on additional information, but not on the object itself. It can be thought of as a condition or statement that cannot be fully determined without more information, and it can also be used to describe situations where certain events have no clear cause or effect. For example, if we are dealing with a lottery, the probability of winning a prize depends on various factors such as our luck, the number of tickets we bought, and the number of