2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/3387Recent theoretical efforts have made predictions for the masses of the secondary stars in cataclysmic variables. Accurate observational determinations for M$_2$ are sparse and typically have uncertainties near $\pm$0.1M$_{\odot}$. How well do theory and observation agree?To appear in the proceedings of The Physics of Cataclysmic Variables and Related Objects, Goettingen, GermanyAstrophysicstext