👉 In mathematics, a surmise is an inference or statement that is made without actually knowing for certain what it implies. It can be seen as a tentative conclusion about something based on limited evidence and intuition. Surmises are often used in deductive reasoning to support the validity of conclusions drawn from premises. For example, if you are given two sentences: "All students who study hard are successful" and "Some students do not study hard but still become successful," a surmise could be that some