Asked by Quandra

Read the excerpt from The Code Book.

A theoretical breakthrough would be a fundamentally new way of finding Alice's private key.

If a theory is an idea, then something theoretical is

true.
likely.
unproven.
unbelievable.

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
unproven

If a theory is just an idea (not established fact), then something described as theoretical is speculative — not proven.