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Erdős Problem 170

The problem is to determine the limit of the sequence F(N)N\frac{F(N)}{\sqrt{N}} as NN \to \infty.

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Erdős Problem 172

Is it true that in any finite colouring of N\mathbb{N} there exist arbitrarily large finite AA such that all sums and products of distinct elements in AA are the same colour?

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Erdős Problem 184

Any graph on nn vertices can be decomposed into O(n)O(n) many edge-disjoint cycles and edges.

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Erdős Problem 184: Covering

In [Er71] Erdős suggests that only n1n-1 many cycles and edges are required if we do not require them to be edge-disjoint.

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Erdős Problem 188

What is the smallest kk such that R2\mathbb{R}^2 can be red/blue coloured with no pair of red points unit distance apart, and no kk-term arithmetic progression of blue points with distance 1?

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Erdős Problem 189: Parallelogram

Seems to be open, as of January 2025.

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Erdős Problem 193

Let SZ3S \subseteq \mathbb{Z}^3 be a finite set and let A={a1,a2,}A = \lbrace a_1, a_2, \ldots \rbrace be an infinite SS-walk, so that ai+1aiSa_{i+1} - a_i \in S for all ii. Must AA contain three collinear points?

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Erdős Problem 195

What is the largest kk such that in any permutation of Z\mathbb{Z} there must exist a monotone kk-term arithmetic progression x1<<xkx_1 < \cdots < x_k?

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Erdős Problem 196

Must every permutation of N\mathbb{N}, contain a monotone 4-term arithmetic progression?

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Erdős Problem 197

Can N\mathbb{N} be partitioned into two sets, each of which can be permuted to avoid monotone 3-term arithmetic progressions?

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Erdős Problem 20

Is it true that f(n,k)<cknf(n,k) < c_k^n for some constant ck>0c_k>0 and for all n>0n > 0?

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Erdős Problem 200

Does the longest arithmetic progression of primes in {1,,N}\{1,\ldots,N\} have length o(logN)o(\log N)?

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Erdős Problem 203

Is there an integer mm with (m,6)=1(m, 6) = 1 such that none of 2k3m+12^k \cdot 3^\ell \cdot m + 1 are prime, for any k,0k, \ell \ge 0?

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Erdős Problem 23

Can every triangle-free graph on 5n5n vertices be made bipartite by deleting at most n2n^2 edges?

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Erdős Problem 236

Let f(n)f(n) count the number of solutions to n=p+2kn=p+2^k for prime pp and k0k\geq 0. Show that f(n)=o(logn)f(n)=o(\log n).

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Erdős Problem 241

Is it true that f(N)N1/3f(N)\sim N^{1/3}?

Originally asked to Erdős by Bose.

This is discussed in problem C11 of Guy's collection [Gu04].

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Erdős Problem 241: Generalization

More generally, Bose and Chowla [BoCh62] conjectured that the maximum size of A{1,,N}A\subseteq \{1,\ldots,N\} with all rr-fold sums distinct (aside from the trivial coincidences) then AN1/r.\lvert A\rvert \sim N^{1/r}.

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Erdős Problem 272

Let N1N\geq 1. What is the largest tt such that there are A1,,At{1,,N}A_1,\ldots,A_t\subseteq \{1,\ldots,N\} with AiAjA_i\cap A_j a non-empty arithmetic progression for all iji\neq j?

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Erdős Problem 272: Szabo Strong

Szabo asks whether the maximal tt is given by

N22+O(N) \frac{N^2}{2} + O(N)
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Erdős Problem 273

Is there a covering system all of whose moduli are of the form p1p-1 for some primes p5p \geq 5?

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