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Dedekind Numbers

In particular, the Dedekind number for n = 10 is currently unknown.

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Erdős Problem 786: Ii

Is there some set A{1,...,N}A\subset\{1, ..., N\} of size (1o(1))N\geq (1 - o(1))N such that a1ar=b1bsa_1\cdots a_r = b_1\cdots b_s with ai,bjAa_i, b_j\in A can only hold when r=sr = s?

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Babai–Seress Conjectures on the Diameter of Finite Groups

Babai–Seress Conjecture (Conjecture 1.5)**: There exists an absolute constant CC such that the diameter of the alternating group AnA_n satisfies diam(An)nC.\operatorname{diam}(A_n) \leq n^C. Reference: L. Babai and Á. Seress, On the diameter of permutation groups, European Journal of Combinatorics 13 (1992), Conjecture 1.5

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Erdős Problem 821

Is it true that, for every ϵ>0\epsilon>0, there exist infinitely many nn such that g(n)>n1ϵg(n) > n^{1-\epsilon}?

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Babai–Seress Conjectures on the Diameter of Finite Groups

Babai–Seress Conjecture (Conjecture 1.7)**: There exists an absolute constant CC such that every finite simple non-abelian group GG satisfies diam(G)(logG)C.\operatorname{diam}(G) \leq (\log |G|)^C. Reference: L. Babai and Á. Seress, On the diameter of permutation groups, European Journal of Combinatorics 13 (1992), Conjecture 1.7

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Erdős Problem 826

Are there infinitely many nn such that, for all k1k\geq 1

τ(n+k)k? \tau(n + k) \ll k?
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Graceful Tree Conjecture (Ringel–Kotzig conjecture)

Every tree admits a graceful labeling.

A graceful labeling of a tree TT with mm edges is an injective map f:V{0,,m}f : V \to \{0, \dots, m\} such that the multiset of absolute differences f(u)f(v)|f(u) - f(v)| over edges {u,v}\{u,v\} of TT equals {1,,m}\{1, \dots, m\}.

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Erdős Problem 828

Is it true that, for any aZa \in \mathbb{Z}, there are infinitely many nn such that ϕ(n)n+a\phi(n) | n + a?

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Komlós conjecture

The Komlós conjecture*

There exists a universal constant K>0K > 0 such that for all n,mNn, m \in \mathbb{N} and all vectors v1,,vnRmv_1, \dots, v_n \in \mathbb{R}^m with vi21\|v_i\|_2 \le 1 (encoded here as jvij21\sum_j v_{ij}^2 \le 1), there exist signs εi{1,+1}\varepsilon_i \in \{-1, +1\} such that iεiviK\left\|\sum_i \varepsilon_i v_i\right\|_\infty \le K, i.e. iεivijK\left|\sum_i \varepsilon_i v_{ij}\right| \le K for every coordinate jj.

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Erdős Problem 828: Lehmer Conjecture

When n>1n > 1, Lehmer conjectured that ϕ(n)n1\phi(n) | n - 1 if and only if nn is prime.

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Magic Squares

Does there exist a 3×33 \times 3 semi-magic square whose entries are all distinct positive integer cubes? A square is semi-magic if all rows and columns sum to the same total.

More precisely, we seek a 3×33 \times 3 matrix with entries aija_{ij} such that each aij=nij3a_{ij} = n_{ij}^3 for some positive integer nijn_{ij}, all nine cubes are distinct, and all row sums and column sums are equal. Reference:* Semi-Magic Square of Cubes

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Erdős Problem 829

Erdős Problem 829 (open).* Let ANA \subseteq \mathbb{N} be the set of perfect cubes. Is it true that (1A1A)(n)(logn)O(1)(1_A \ast 1_A)(n) \ll (\log n)^{O(1)}? That is, does there exist a natural number CC such that the number of representations of nn as a sum of two cubes is O((logn)C)O((\log n)^C) as nn \to \infty?

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Pebbling number conjecture

The pebbling number conjecture: the pebbling number of a Cartesian product of connected graphs is at most equal to the product of the pebbling numbers of the factors. See Asplund, Hurlbert, and Kenter.

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Erdős Problem 830: I

Erdos Problem 830, Part 1* We say that a,bNa,b\in \mathbb{N} are an amicable pair if σ(a)=σ(b)=a+b\sigma(a)=\sigma(b)=a+b. Are there infinitely many amicable pairs?

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Ramsey numbers

The open problem: determine the Ramsey number R(5,5)R(5,5).

It is known that 43R(5,5)4643 \le R(5,5) \le 46.

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Erdős Problem 830: Ii

Erdos Problem 830, Part 2* We say that a,bNa,b\in \mathbb{N} are an amicable pair if σ(a)=σ(b)=a+b\sigma(a)=\sigma(b)=a+b. If A(x)A(x) counts the number of amicable 1abx1\leq a\leq b\leq x then is it true that A(x)>x1o(1)?A(x) > x^{1-o(1)}?

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Sidorenko's conjecture (1993)

Sidorenko's conjecture (1993).*

For every finite bipartite simple graph HH and every finite simple graph GG: t(H,G)t(K2,G)e(H)t(H, G) \ge t(K_2, G)^{e(H)}, where K2K_2 denotes the single-edge graph on 2 vertices (i.e. completeGraph (Fin 2)).

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Erdős Problem 849

Is it true that, for every integer t1t\geq1, there is some integer aa such that (nk)=a{n \choose k} = a with 1kn21\leq k \le \frac{n}{2} has exactly tt solutions?

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Snake in the box

For dimension 99, the length of the longest snake in the box is not known. This is currently the smallest dimension where this question is open.

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Erdős Problem 850

Can there exist two distinct integers xx and yy such that x,yx,y have the same prime factors, x+1,y+1x+1,y+1 have the same prime factors, and x+2,y+2x+2,y+2 also have the same prime factors?

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