Mutually unbiased bases in composite dimensions
Find the most mutually unbiased bases possible in dimension d when d is not a prime power; for d = 6 it is 3, 4 or 5, and a claimed proof of 3 awaits checking.
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The monomer-dimer constant of the square lattice
Find a closed form for the entropy per site of monomer-dimer configurations on the square lattice, h ≈ 0.6627989727.
The Erdős minimum overlap problem
Pin down the constant c ≈ 0.38 such that every split of {1,…,2N} into equal halves has a difference occurring cN times.
Spherical designs with few points
Find spherical t-designs on the 2-sphere with fewer points than known and prove they exist; t = 19 and t = 21 are the frontier.
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The lonely runner conjecture
Find integer speeds for which no moment leaves every runner at least 1/(n+1) from the start, or prove the conjecture, now proved for n ≤ 14.
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Lipschitz graphs without three-term progressions
Find a function N → Z with bounded steps whose graph has no three-term progression, or prove none exists (the additive square problem).
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Leech trees beyond six vertices
Find an edge-weighted tree on more than six vertices whose pairwise path lengths are exactly 1, 2, …, n(n−1)/2, or prove that none exists.
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Density of ones in the Kolakoski sequence
Prove that the self-describing Kolakoski sequence of 1s and 2s has a density of 1s, equal to 1/2.
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The Hirsch conjecture in dimension four
Find a 4-dimensional polytope with n facets whose graph has diameter greater than n − 4, or prove the Hirsch bound in dimension 4.
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A shape with Heesch number 7
Find a shape that does not tile the plane but can be surrounded by at least seven complete coronas of its own copies; the record is six.
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The hard-square entropy constant
Find a closed form for the hard-square entropy constant κ ≈ 1.5030480825, the growth rate of independent sets in the square grid.
The Erdős–Szekeres happy ending problem
Prove that any 2^{n−2}+1 points in general position in the plane contain a convex n-gon; open from n = 7 on.
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The graceful tree conjecture
Show that every tree with m edges can be labelled by distinct numbers 0 to m so that the edge differences are exactly 1 to m.
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Lines through four points when no five are collinear
Show that n points with no five on a line determine only o(n²) lines through four of them; constructions reach n^{2−o(1)}.
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Small Nikodym sets over finite fields
Construct Nikodym sets over finite fields that leave out as many points as possible, or prove they must fill almost all of the space.
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Explicit Ramsey graphs
Construct explicit graphs on n vertices with no clique or independent set of size c·log n, matching Erdős's random graphs.
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The Erdős–Turán conjecture on additive bases
Show that if every large integer is a sum of two elements of A, some integers have arbitrarily many such representations.
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The Erdős matching conjecture
Determine the largest r-uniform hypergraph on n vertices with no k disjoint edges; Erdős conjectured one of two simple families wins.
The Erdős–Hajnal conjecture
Show that graphs avoiding a fixed induced subgraph H always contain a clique or independent set of size n^{c(H)}.
The Erdős distinct distances problem
Show that n points in the plane always determine at least c·n/√(log n) distinct distances, as the square grid does.
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The exponential growth rate of Ramsey numbers
Find lim R(k)^{1/k} for the diagonal Ramsey numbers, or even prove that the limit exists; it lies between √2 and 3.8.
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Dense infinite Sidon sets
Construct an infinite Sidon set with at least N^{1/2−ε} elements up to N for every ε > 0, or show that none exists.
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Counting polyominoes and Klarner's constant
Count the polyominoes with n cells, known exactly up to n = 70, and pin down Klarner's growth constant, now between 4.0025 and 4.5252.
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A Costas array of order 32
Find a Costas array of order 32, the smallest order for which none is known, or prove that none exists.
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Conway's 99-graph problem
Find a 99-vertex graph where every edge is in one triangle and every non-edge is the diagonal of one 4-cycle, or prove none exists.
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Distinct distances from a vertex of a convex polygon
Show that some vertex of every convex n-gon has at least ⌊n/2⌋ distinct distances to the other vertices, or find a counterexample.
Composite numbers in sumsets of sparse sets
Show that if A, B ⊆ {1,…,N} each have at least N^0.49 elements, then the sumset A + B contains a composite number.
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Circulant weighing matrices: the open cases
Decide which open circulant weighing matrices CW(n, k) exist, starting with CW(96, 36): give a first row or prove that none exists.
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The Chvátal–Sankoff constant for binary strings
Pin down the constant γ in the expected longest common subsequence γn of two random binary strings, rigorously between 0.79266 and 0.82628.
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The Černý conjecture on synchronizing automata
Show that every synchronizing automaton with n states has a reset word of length at most (n − 1)².
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