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If dark matter is found and proven, how much would that change physics and math?

I don't have a math background so the in depth answers will be above me, but I just wonder if a discovery like proving dark matter will have a fundamental shift in math and physics theories?
gpt
Most people already work under the assumption that dark matter exists. All of cosmology just assumes it is there. The real question comes down to what is it made of, what sort of things make up dark matter. We believe it is there but currently only have guesses as to what it might be, what other properties it has and therefor how to even begin looking for it.

So the better question would be how would our understanding change if we discovered it and learned what sort of properties it has, but we jsut don't know enouhg to answer that question yet. Until we can learn more about what dark matter is, we just don't know what consequences it could have on our understanding. Maybe it turns out to be something we have already guessed, in which case maybe not much changes. Maybe it will turn out to be something completely different than anyone ever guessed which could change our understanding quite a bit.

Sorry if it isn't a great answer, but we sadly just don't know much about dark matter yet, and thats why people are trying to find it.