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Erdős Problem 212

Is there a dense subset of ℝ^2 such that all pairwise distances are rational?

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Erdős Problem 70

*The relation at ω1\omega_1**: c(ω1,n)23\mathfrak{c} \to (\omega_1, n)^3_2 for finite n2n \ge 2, where ω1=1\omega_1 = \aleph_1 is the first uncountable ordinal.

Note that ω1\omega_1 is not a countable ordinal, so this is not directly an instance of the main Erdős problem (which asks for countable β\beta). Under CH, ω1=c.ord\omega_1 = \mathfrak{c}.\mathrm{ord}, making this a self-referential question about c.ord(c.ord,n)23\mathfrak{c}.\mathrm{ord} \to (\mathfrak{c}.\mathrm{ord}, n)^3_2.

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Erdős Problem 10: Granville Soundararajan Odd

Granville and Soundararajan [GrSo98] have conjectured that at most 33 powers of 22 suffice for all odd integers, and hence at most 44 powers of 22 suffice for all even integers.

Ref: Granville, A. and Soundararajan, K., A Binary Additive Problem of Erdős and the Order of 22 mod p2p^2

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Erdős Problem 213

Let n4n \geq 4. Are there nn points in R2\mathbb{R}^2, no three on a line and no four on a circle, such that all pairwise distances are integers?

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Erdős Problem 10: Grechuk

Bogdan Grechuk has observed that 11171751461117175146 is not the sum of a prime and at most 33 powers of 22, and pointed out that parity considerations, coupled with the fact that there are many integers not the sum of a prime and 22 powers of 22 suggest that there exist infinitely many even integers which are not the sum of a prime and at most 33 powers of 22).

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Erdős Problem 508

The Hadwiger–Nelson problem asks: How many colors are required to color the plane such that no two points at distance 1 from each other have the same color?

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Erdős Problem 1068

Does every graph with chromatic number 1\aleph_1 contain a countable subgraph which is infinitely connected?

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Erdős Problem 89

Erdős [Er46] asked whether every set of nn distinct points in R2\mathbb{R}^2 determines nlogn\gg \frac{n}{\sqrt{\log n}} many distinct distances.

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Erdős Problem 108

For every r ≥ 4 and k ≥ 2 is there some finite f(k,r) such that every graph of chromatic number ≥ f(k,r) contains a subgraph of girth ≥ r and chromatic number ≥ k?

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Erdős Problem 91

Suppose AR2A\subset \mathbb{R}^2 has A=n\lvert A\rvert=n and minimises the number of distinct distances between points in AA. Prove that for large nn there are at least two (and probably many) such AA which are non-similar.

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Erdős Problem 1093: I

Are there infinitely many binomial coefficients with deficiency 1?

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Erdős Problem 92: Weak

Is it true that f(n)no(1)f(n)\leq n^{o(1)}?

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Erdős Problem 1093: Ii

Are there only finitely many binomial coefficients with deficiency > 1?

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Erdős Problem 92: Strong

Or even f(n)<nc/loglognf(n) < n^{c/\log\log n} for some constant c>0c > 0?

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Erdős Problem 1145

Let A={1a1<a2<}A=\{1\leq a_1 < a_2 < \cdots\} and B={1b1<b2<}B=\{1\leq b_1 < b_2 < \cdots\} be sets of integers with an/bn1a_n/b_n\to 1.

If A+BA+B contains all sufficiently large positive integers then is it true that lim sup1A1B(n)=\limsup 1_A\ast 1_B(n)=\infty?

A conjecture of Erdős and Sárközy.

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Erdős Problem 96

If nn points in R2\mathbb{R}^2 form a convex polygon then there are O(n)O(n) many pairs which are distance 11 apart.

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Erdős Problem 1167

Erdős Problem 1167.* Let r2r \geq 2 be finite, γ2\gamma \geq 2, and λ\lambda be an infinite cardinal. Let κα\kappa_\alpha be cardinals for all α<γ\alpha < \gamma. Is it true that 2λ(κα+1)α<γr+12^\lambda \to (\kappa_\alpha + 1)_{\alpha < \gamma}^{r+1} implies λ(κα)α<γr?\lambda \to (\kappa_\alpha)_{\alpha < \gamma}^r? Here ++ means cardinal addition, so that κα+1=κα\kappa_\alpha + 1 = \kappa_\alpha if κα\kappa_\alpha is infinite.

A problem of Erdős, Hajnal, and Rado.

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Erdős Problem 97

Does every convex polygon have a vertex with no other 4 vertices equidistant from it?

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Erdős Problem 1167

Finite-target case.* When all κα\kappa_\alpha are finite, κα+1\kappa_\alpha + 1 is the ordinary natural-number successor. Special case of erdos_1167.

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Erdős Problem 97: K Equidistant

Erdős also conjectured that there is a kk for which every convex polygon has a vertex with no other kk vertices equidistant from it.

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