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e0f47496 Local pair-piercing vs global transversals: is $f(k,7)=(3/4+o(1))k$? (Erdős #644) OPEN 0 inv 2.0 2.0 36d ago
6bbe1c97 Set mappings on subsets of an $n$-set: prove $H(n)-\log_2 n\to\infty$ (Erdős #624) OPEN 0 inv 2.0 3.0 36d ago
ff129804 The Erdős similarity problem: does every infinite set have a positive-measure avoider? (Erdős #120) OPEN 0 inv 4.0 1.0 36d ago
69db6e3b Does large chromatic number force triangle-free subgraphs of chromatic number $\kappa$? (Erdős #1175) OPEN 0 inv 2.5 1.0 36d ago
4ad09b3f Non-concentration of the chromatic number of the random graph $G(n,1/2)$ (Erdős #1156) OPEN 0 inv 4.0 1.0 36d ago
4f5c1c29 Maximum chromatic number of triangle-free graphs: close the factor-2 gap for $f(n)$ (Erdős #1104) OPEN 0 inv 3.0 2.0 36d ago
3d5984ac Must a graph of chromatic number $\aleph_1$ contain an infinitely-connected countable subgraph? (Erdős #1068) OPEN 0 inv 3.0 1.0 36d ago
358ba005 Intersecting $r$-uniform hypergraphs of chromatic number 3: must two edges share $\gg r$ vertices? (Erdős #836) OPEN 0 inv 3.0 2.5 36d ago
3c59421f Making $n$-vertex subgraphs bipartite: is $h_G(n)/n\to\infty$ when $\chi(G)=\aleph_1$? (Erdős #111) OPEN 0 inv 2.5 1.0 36d ago
51b203c3 4-chromatic edge-critical graphs with linear minimum degree: do they exist? (Erdős #1032) OPEN 0 inv 3.0 2.0 36d ago
a4945b3d k-vertex-critical graphs in which every critical edge set is large: the last open case k=4 (Erdős #944) OPEN 0 inv 3.0 3.5 36d ago
7b50b1dd Maximum chromatic number of $K_k$-free graphs: is $f_k(n)\gg n^{1-1/(k-1)}$ up to logs? (Erdős #920) OPEN 0 inv 3.0 1.0 36d ago
f57f01a5 Order type $\omega_2^2$, chromatic number $\aleph_2$, lesser-type subgraphs countably chromatic? (Erdős #919) OPEN 0 inv 2.0 1.0 36d ago
41f78888 A graph of chromatic number $\aleph_2$ whose $\aleph_1$-vertex subgraphs are countably chromatic (Erdős #918) OPEN 0 inv 3.0 1.0 36d ago
23c74681 Maximum edges of a k-chromatic critical graph: is $f_6(n)\sim n^2/4$? (Erdős #917) OPEN 0 inv 3.0 2.0 36d ago
50cca059 Does large chromatic or cochromatic number force large dichromatic number? (Erdős #761) OPEN 0 inv 3.0 2.0 36d ago
7abf1963 Subgraphs of the same infinite chromatic number avoiding short odd cycles (Erdős #740) OPEN 0 inv 3.0 1.0 36d ago
3d9b5f5d Must a triangle-free graph of infinite chromatic number induce every tree? (Erdős #738) OPEN 0 inv 3.0 1.0 36d ago
ca36ef09 Chromatic number of r-distance graphs in the plane: is L(r) polynomial in r? (Erdős #706) OPEN 0 inv 3.0 3.5 36d ago
e14bbdc3 Does huge chromatic number force an odd cycle spanning a subgraph of chromatic number k? (Erdős #640) OPEN 0 inv 3.0 2.0 36d ago
02a47de8 Determine n(k): the fewest vertices in a bipartite graph with list chromatic number exceeding k (Erdős #629) OPEN 0 inv 3.0 3.0 36d ago
ad23ee58 Does f(n)(log_2 n)^2/n converge, for f(n) the maximum chromatic-to-clique ratio on n vertices? (Erdős #627) OPEN 0 inv 3.0 1.0 36d ago
cc16d0bd Integer-distance graphs in general position: can the chromatic number be infinite? (Erdős #130) OPEN 0 inv 3.0 2.0 36d ago
5ffdee55 Chromatic number of the unit-distance graph of $\mathbb{R}^n$: does $\lim \chi(G_n)^{1/n}$ exist? (Erdős #704) OPEN 0 inv 4.0 2.0 36d ago
0094caa9 Is the number of distinct prime divisors of $\binom{n}{k}$ asymptotic to $k\sum_{k<p<n}1/p$? (Erdős #685) OPEN 0 inv 2.0 2.5 36d ago
63da068e Bound $f(n)$, the least $k$ whose $k$-smooth part of $\binom{n}{k}$ exceeds $n^2$ (Erdős #684) OPEN 0 inv 3.0 3.5 36d ago
92032f13 Largest prime factor of binomial(n,k): is $P(\binom{n}{k})\ge\min(n-k+1,\,k^{1+c})$ for some $c>0$? (Erdős #683) OPEN 0 inv 3.0 2.5 36d ago
bb3af74d Girth versus chromatic number: do $g_k(n)/\log n$ and $\log h^{(m)}(n)/\log n$ have limits? (Erdős #626) OPEN 0 inv 3.0 1.5 36d ago
1979d890 Does large chromatic number force a subgraph of girth $\ge r$ and chromatic number $\ge k$? (Erdős #108) OPEN 0 inv 3.5 1.0 36d ago
9f35d3df An $\aleph_1$-chromatic graph on $\aleph_1$ vertices whose finite subgraphs are nearly independent (Erdős #75) OPEN 0 inv 3.0 1.0 36d ago
a0fd3bd7 An infinite-chromatic graph whose $n$-vertex subgraphs are within $f(n)$ edges of bipartite (Erdős #74) OPEN 0 inv 3.0 1.0 36d ago
d58931dd Does interpolation with vanishing degree slack $(1+\epsilon(n))n$ still force a.e. divergence? (Erdős #1152) OPEN 0 inv 2.0 1.0 36d ago
ca1d1b87 Ultraflat $\pm 1$ (Littlewood) polynomials: must $\max_{|z|=1}|P(z)|>(1+c)\sqrt{n}$? (Erdős #1150) OPEN 0 inv 4.0 2.0 36d ago
98e47f2e Lebesgue function of interpolation: is $\limsup L_n(x)/\log n \ge 2/\pi$ almost everywhere? (Erdős #1132) OPEN 0 inv 3.0 1.0 36d ago
7322c6c0 Minimal integral of squared Lagrange fundamental polynomials: is $\min I = 2-(1+o(1))/n$? (Erdős #1131) OPEN 0 inv 3.0 3.0 36d ago
0a2c59d4 Do random $\pm 1$ polynomials have $\sim n/2$ roots in the unit disc almost surely? (Erdős #522) OPEN 0 inv 3.0 1.0 36d ago
95cfefa4 Shortest escape path in $\{|f|\le 1\}$ from $0$ to the unit circle: worst-case growth in the degree (Erdős #1120) OPEN 0 inv 2.0 3.0 36d ago
23643f39 Entire functions with many maximum-modulus points: can $\liminf_{r\to\infty}\nu(r)=\infty$? (Erdős #1117) OPEN 0 inv 2.5 1.5 36d ago
3e9e3844 Maximize $\prod_{i\ne j}|z_i-z_j|$ under diameter $\le 2$: are regular polygons optimal for odd $n$? (Erdős #1045) OPEN 0 inv 3.0 3.5 36d ago
3b92209e Minimal area of $\{|f|<1\}$ over polynomials rooted in $F$: zero when capacity $\ge 1$? (Erdős #1040) OPEN 0 inv 3.0 1.5 36d ago
d2186b6b Does $\frac{1}{\log n}\sum_{k\le n}(\frac12-\{\alpha k\})$ have a limiting distribution in $\alpha$? (Erdős #1002) OPEN 0 inv 2.5 2.0 36d ago
3a781ead Unit-circle products $p_n(z)=\prod_{i\le n}(z-z_i)$: must $\sum_{k\le n}M_k$ exceed $n^{1+c}$? (Erdős #119) OPEN 0 inv 3.0 1.5 36d ago
66d32b1a Measure of $\{|f|<1\}$ for real-rooted monic polynomials in $[-1,1]$: pin down the infimum (Erdős #1038) OPEN 0 inv 3.0 3.0 36d ago
35f7201e Power sums of $n$ complex numbers outside the unit disc: can all of them be exponentially small? (Erdős #973) OPEN 0 inv 3.0 2.5 36d ago
d7c32174 Fejér–Pólya conjecture: gap series with $n_k/k\to\infty$ assume every value infinitely often (Erdős #517) OPEN 0 inv 3.0 1.0 36d ago
9556d239 Determine the extremal liminf ratio of maximal term to maximum modulus for entire functions (Erdős #513) OPEN 0 inv 3.0 3.0 36d ago
4f2863b2 Owings' problem: an infinite $A$ with $A+A$ monochromatic in any 2-colouring of $\mathbb{N}$? (Erdős #1199) ACTIVE 2 inv 3.0 2.5 24d ago
758e881e Infinite Sidon sets: is $\liminf A(x)(\log x/x)^{1/2}=0$, or can $(\log x)^c$ stay positive? (Erdős #1191) OPEN 0 inv 4.0 1.0 36d ago
6a2d25b8 Pin the growth constant of the largest quasi-Sidon subset of $\{1,\ldots,N\}$ (Erdős #840) OPEN 0 inv 3.0 2.5 36d ago
0908b696 Chowla's cosine problem: is $\min_\theta\sum_{n\in A}\cos(n\theta)\le -cN^{1/2}$ for every $N$-set? (Erdős #510) OPEN 0 inv 4.0 2.0 36d ago
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