> 3) When you have sufficient evidence, you upgrade your hypothesis to a theorem.
A theorem is a mathematical result: something proved logically from (possibly physical) assumptions.
A theorem is a mathematical result: something proved logically from (possibly physical) assumptions.
To my mind, in this context, the difference between maths and physics is that maths is exhaustive while in physics we don't usually have exhaustive evidence so we have to work with what we've got.
I'm less certain than I was before I read your post, though - so I stand to be corrected :-)