Open questions on irrationality of numbers
Is the Catalan constant irrational?
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sorry marks an admitted statement, not a proof. Source indexing does not mean the formulation has been independently built or certified by Therefore.Is the Catalan constant irrational?
Now form a sequence beginning with any positive integer, where each subsequent term is obtained by applying the operation defined above to the previous term. The Juggler Conjecture states that for any positive integer , there exists a natural number such that the -th term of the sequence is .
The Lander–Parkin–Selfridge conjecture: if the sum of positive integer -th powers equals the sum of positive integer -th powers, with all values on the left distinct from all values on the right, then .
Formally, for positive integers and sequences and with , , and for all , if then .
Special case of the Lander–Parkin–Selfridge conjecture: there is no solution in positive integers to That is, for all with , This corresponds to the case , , of the general conjecture, where would be required to yield a counterexample.
Does there always exist at least one prime between consecutive perfect squares?
Let M(f) denote the Mahler measure of f.
There exists a constant μ>1 such that for any f(x)∈ℤ[x], M(f)>1 → M(f)≥μ.
μ=M(X^10 + X^9 - X^7 - X^6 - X^5 - X^4 - X^3 + X + 1) is the best value for lehmer_mahler_measure_problem.
Does there exist a composite number such that Euler’s totient function divides ?
For all odd integers there are prime numbers such that .
For all odd integers there are odd prime numbers and natural numbers such that , ,
For any two real numbers and ,
where is the distance to the nearest integer.
For real number and prime ,
where is the distance to the nearest integer, and is the -adic norm.
Consider runners on a circular track of unit length. At the initial time , all runners are at the same position and start to run; the runners' speeds are constant, all distinct, and may be negative. A runner is said to be lonely at time if they are at a distance (measured along the circle) of at least from every other runner. The lonely runner conjecture states that each runner is lonely at some time, no matter the choice of speeds.
Lychrel conjecture (base 10):* conjecturally, there are no Lychrel numbers in base 10.
Equivalently, every positive integer eventually becomes a palindrome under the Lychrel iteration.
The first widely studied open case: whether 196 is a base-10 Lychrel number.
Does there exist a matrix such that every entry is a distinct square, and all rows, columns, and diagonals add up to the same value?
0 is excluded, as a Magic Square of Squares with 0 and 8 distinct squares is know is knownn. See Magic Square of Squares
The Mahler Conjecture states that there are no non-zero Z-numbers.
For any odd natural number p if two of the following conditions hold,
then all three must hold:
k such that or The New Mersenne Conjecture statement holds for odd primes.