Additivity of minimum output entropy for qubit channels
Prove or refute that minimum output entropy is additive when one of two channels is an arbitrary, possibly non-unital, qubit channel.
Problems
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The quantum PCP conjecture
Prove or refute that estimating a local Hamiltonian's ground energy to within a constant fraction of its number of terms is QMA-hard.
The quantum MDS conjecture
Prove that stabilizer quantum MDS codes on qudits of dimension q have length at most q²+1, apart from one even-q family, or find a longer one.
QMA(2) versus QMA: do unentangled proofs help?
Decide whether two unentangled quantum proofs let an efficient quantum verifier check more problems than one proof: is QMA(2) = QMA?
Does differential privacy make PAC learning much harder?
Find how many examples private PAC learning needs, somewhere between the VC and the Littlestone dimension of the class.
Openper COLT open problems, 2026-10-20
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Prime-representing polynomial systems in five variables
Find a small system of integer polynomials in five variables whose common zeros over ℕ give x₁ + 2 equal to exactly the primes.
Unsolvedper FrontierMath: Open Problems, 2026-10-20
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A prescribed class-group structure for imaginary quadratic fields
Find three squarefree D > 10^40 for which the class group of Q(√−D) modulo 2-torsion is (Z/n)² × Z/n³, with three different n.
Unsolvedper FrontierMath: Open Problems, 2026-10-20
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Must x be an integer if 2^x and 3^x are integers?
Show that a real number x for which both 2^x and 3^x are integers must itself be an integer.
Openper Formal Conjectures, 2026-10-20
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Polynomial solutions of the minimal surface equation
Find a non-affine polynomial in n ≥ 8 variables whose graph is a minimal hypersurface, or prove that none exists (Simon's question).
Unsolvedper FrontierMath: Open Problems, 2026-10-20
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The polynomial Bogolyubov conjecture
Show that if A has density α in F_2^n, then 10A contains a coset of a subspace of codimension O(log(1/α)).
Openper Ben Green's 100 open problems, 2026-10-20
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A polynomial bijection from Q × Q to Q
Decide whether some polynomial with rational coefficients maps Q × Q bijectively onto Q.
Openper Formal Conjectures, 2026-10-20
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Pólya's conjecture for Dirichlet eigenvalues
Find a polygonal domain, possibly with holes, whose k-th Dirichlet eigenvalue lies below 4πk/area, or prove Pólya's 1954 conjecture.
Unsolvedper FrontierMath: Open Problems, 2026-10-20
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Why and how do some plant pathogens jump to new hosts?
Explain why and how some plant pathogens jump to new host species, and predict which crop–pathogen pairs are at risk.
Open question (2023 agenda)per One hundred important questions facing plant science, 2026-10-20
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How common is horizontal gene transfer between plant species?
Measure how often genes move sideways between plant species, and whether these transfers have shaped plant evolution and adaptation.
Open question (2023 agenda)per One hundred important questions facing plant science, 2026-10-20
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The k-set problem: how many halving lines can n points have?
Find the maximum number of k-sets and halving lines of n points in the plane; the known bounds are barely superlinear and O(n^4/3).
Openper The Open Problems Project, 2026-10-20
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The complexity of the longest tour through points in the plane
Determine whether finding the longest tour through n points in the plane, with Euclidean distances, is NP-hard or solvable in polynomial time.
Openper The Open Problems Project, 2026-10-20
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How far can the efficiency of photosynthesis be improved?
Find how close crops can get to the theoretical maximum efficiency of photosynthesis, and which energy losses can be engineered away.
Open question (2023 agenda)per One hundred important questions facing plant science, 2026-10-20
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Will climate change uncouple trophic links through shifts in timing?
Determine whether warming is pulling interacting species out of step in their seasonal timing, and whether the mismatch harms populations.
Open question (2013 agenda)per Identification of 100 fundamental ecological questions, 2026-10-20
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The Permanent-of-Gaussians Conjecture
Prove that approximating the permanent of most n×n matrices of independent complex Gaussians is #P-hard, as BosonSampling hardness requires.
How can annual crops be converted into perennial crops?
Breed perennial grain crops that yield for several years from one planting, matching annual yields while saving labour and protecting soil.
Open question (2023 agenda)per 100 essential questions for the future of agriculture, 2026-10-20
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Peaceable armies of queens on boards of size 16 and up
Place more than 37 white and 37 black mutually non-attacking queens on a 16×16 board, or prove 37 is the maximum.
Primes p for which p − 2 has an odd number of prime factors
Prove that for infinitely many primes p, the number p − 2 has an odd number of prime factors counted with multiplicity.
Openper Ben Green's 100 open problems, 2026-10-20
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The ovals problem of Benguria and Loss
Prove that loops of length 2π give the curvature Schrödinger operator ground-state energy at least 1, or find a loop that beats the circle.
Openper AlphaEvolve Repository of Problems, 2026-10-20
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Maximal flow through oriented percolation as p tends to 1
Prove that the deficit of maximal flow through oriented bond percolation behaves like sqrt(2(1 − p)) as p tends to 1.
Openper David Aldous's open problems, 2026-10-20
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Do organic and conventional foods differ measurably in nutrition?
Settle whether organic, biodynamic and conventional farming produce food with measurably different nutrients, contaminants and health effects.
Open question (2023 agenda)per One hundred important questions facing plant science, 2026-10-20
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Online minimum spanning trees with random edge weights
Prove that the optimal expected cost of building a spanning tree online, with random edge weights, converges, and find the limit.
Openper David Aldous's open problems, 2026-10-20
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Simulating partially entangled qubits with one bit of communication
Decide whether shared randomness and one bit of communication reproduce all projective measurements on every partially entangled qubit pair.
Why do streams respond so quickly when storm flow is so old?
Explain why streams react within hours of rain although storm runoff is largely old water, and how long water takes to cross catchments.
Open question (2019 agenda)per Twenty-three unsolved problems in hydrology, 2026-10-20
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Odd weird numbers
Find an odd number whose proper divisors sum to more than it but no subset sums to it exactly, or prove none exists.
Open, $10 prizeper Erdős Problems, 2026-10-20$10 prize
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Odd-order p-groups with as many automorphisms as elements
Find a finite p-group of odd order with exactly as many automorphisms as elements, or check the proposed example of order 1009^52359.
Unsolved; unverified AI solution proposedper The Kourovka Notebook, 2026-10-20
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