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842215e4 Cover the lemniscate $\{|f(z)|\le 1\}$ of any monic polynomial by discs of total radius $\le 2$ (Erdős #509) OPEN 0 inv 3.0 2.0 36d ago
d0f47f8d Erdős–Szekeres products: the true order of $\log f(n)$ for $\min\max_{|z|=1}|\prod_i(1-z^{a_i})|$ (Erdős #256) OPEN 0 inv 3.0 2.5 36d ago
613d24b0 Is the maximum size of a $B_3$ set in $\{1,\ldots,N\}$ asymptotic to $N^{1/3}$? (Erdős #241) OPEN 0 inv 3.0 2.5 36d ago
a1808a63 Sidon sets: does $F(N+k)\le F(N)+1$ hold for every fixed $k$ and all large $N$? (Erdős #155) OPEN 0 inv 3.0 2.0 36d ago
2852c84d Thresholds $r_k(d_1,d_2)$: bounded-gap sequences whose $k$-fold sumsets avoid lacunary sets (Erdős #1112) OPEN 0 inv 2.0 1.5 36d ago
7c8bbe58 How small can the gaps in an infinite sum-free sequence be — is $a_{n+1}-a_n<n$ possible? (Erdős #876) OPEN 0 inv 3.0 1.5 36d ago
36b0e32f Largest family of subsets of $\{1,\ldots,N\}$ whose pairwise intersections are nonempty APs (Erdős #272) OPEN 0 inv 3.0 3.0 36d ago
92dc82d2 Stanley sequences: explicit structure and growth of the greedy 3-AP-free sequences $A(n)$ (Erdős #271) OPEN 0 inv 3.0 3.5 36d ago
263f9456 Riddell's $G_k(N)$: the largest $k$-AP-free subset forced in any $N$ integers, versus $R_k(N)$ (Erdős #201) OPEN 0 inv 3.0 3.5 36d ago
f7defeb7 Reciprocal-sum capacity $f(k)$ of $k$-AP-free sets: estimate it; is $f(k)/\log W(k)\to\infty$? (Erdős #169) ACTIVE 1 inv 3.0 3.5 24d ago
536c821a Estimate $h(N)$: fewest colours on $\{1,\ldots,N\}$ so every 4-term AP sees at least 3 colours (Erdős #160) ACTIVE 1 inv 3.0 3.0 23d ago
79b2bcf8 Prove an asymptotic formula for $r_k(N)$, the largest $k$-AP-free subset of $\{1,\ldots,N\}$ (Erdős #142) OPEN 0 inv 4.5 2.5 36d ago
0100a513 Admissible sequences with disjoint $r$-fold sum sets: how small can the gaps $a_{n+1}-a_n$ be? (Erdős #875) OPEN 0 inv 2.0 2.0 36d ago
80cdc7ce How many sums in $[1,N]$ can a set of $\lfloor N^{1/2}\rfloor$ integers produce? Estimate $f(N)$ (Erdős #819) OPEN 0 inv 3.0 3.0 36d ago
3056c0d1 Subset sums with no $k$-term arithmetic progression: is $g_3(n)\gg 3^n$? (Erdős #817) OPEN 0 inv 3.0 3.0 36d ago
2d9663a7 Sum-free subsets: how much bigger than $n/3$ can one always find? Estimate $f(n)$ (Erdős #792) OPEN 0 inv 4.0 2.0 36d ago
1ef6006d Minimal additive 2-basis for $\{0,\ldots,n\}$: pin the constant in $g(n)^2\sim cn$ (Erdős #791) OPEN 0 inv 3.0 3.0 36d ago
ca2c9007 Strongly sum-free subsets of every $n$-set: is $l(n)<n^{1-c}$, or is $l(n)\ge n^{1-o(1)}$? (Erdős #790) OPEN 0 inv 3.0 2.0 36d ago
ac35354b Largest subset where equal sums force equally many summands: estimate $h(n)$ (Erdős #789) OPEN 0 inv 3.0 2.0 36d ago
0ccdbc41 Choi's sum-avoiding set function: is $f(n)\le n^{1/2+o(1)}$? (Erdős #788) OPEN 0 inv 3.0 2.0 36d ago
1491b2d7 Estimate $g(k)$: the least $n>k+1$ with all prime factors of $\binom{n}{k}$ exceeding $k$ (Erdős #1095) OPEN 0 inv 3.0 2.5 36d ago
e44efcda Least prime factor of $\binom{n}{k}$: at most $\max(n/k,k)$ with finitely many exceptions? (Erdős #1094) OPEN 0 inv 3.0 3.0 36d ago
f67554ee Deficiency of binomial coefficients: infinitely many with deficiency 1, finitely many above? (Erdős #1093) OPEN 0 inv 2.5 3.5 36d ago
3d5f247b Is every multiplicity t realized by some repeated binomial coefficient? (Singmaster-type, Erdős #849) OPEN 0 inv 4.0 2.0 36d ago
108aaf95 The least integer not dividing $\binom{2n}{n}$: pin down its typical growth rate (Erdős #731) OPEN 0 inv 2.0 3.5 36d ago
60a0dc1e Powers of 2 with only digits 0 and 1 in base 3: are there finitely many? (Erdős #406) OPEN 0 inv 2.5 2.0 36d ago
a3040e41 For every k, find n with $(n-k)(n-k+1)\cdots n$ dividing $\binom{2n}{n}$ (Erdős #396) OPEN 0 inv 3.0 3.0 36d ago
6d252347 Is the sum of 1/p over primes p ≤ n not dividing $\binom{2n}{n}$ bounded uniformly in n? (Erdős #377) OPEN 0 inv 3.0 2.5 36d ago
2306a439 Infinitely many $n\neq m$ with $\binom{2n}{n}$, $\binom{2m}{m}$ having the same prime divisors? (Erdős #730) OPEN 0 inv 3.0 3.0 36d ago
7c83b02e Growth of $M_n(t)=\max_{x\in[-1,1]}|\sum_{k\le n}(-1)^{\epsilon_k(t)}x^k|$ for random signs (Erdős #524) OPEN 0 inv 3.0 2.5 36d ago
10c87f43 Is the longest arithmetic progression of primes in $\{1,\ldots,N\}$ of length $o(\log N)$? (Erdős #200) OPEN 0 inv 3.0 2.5 36d ago
897d61c4 Partition $\mathbb{N}$ into two sets, each permutable to avoid monotone 3-term APs (Erdős #197) OPEN 0 inv 2.0 2.0 36d ago
cbd4950c Must every permutation of $\mathbb{N}$ contain a monotone 4-term arithmetic progression? (Erdős #196) OPEN 0 inv 3.0 2.0 36d ago
371945db Largest $k$ such that every permutation of $\mathbb{Z}$ contains a monotone $k$-term AP (Erdős #195) OPEN 0 inv 3.0 2.0 36d ago
e07213a1 Optimal discrepancy $h(d)$ of a $\pm1$-coloring of $\mathbb{N}$ on APs of common difference $d$ (Erdős #177) OPEN 0 inv 3.0 3.0 36d ago
eb5cde27 Sums of distinct powers from several bases: the Burr–Erdős–Graham–Li completeness conjecture (Erdős #124) OPEN 0 inv 3.0 3.5 36d ago
58b79afb Distinct common differences of 3-APs in an n-element integer set: pin down the maximal order (Erdős #1097) OPEN 0 inv 4.5 1.5 36d ago
a0663382 Maximum size of a subset of $\{1,\ldots,N\}$ with at most one repeated pairwise sum (Erdős #864) OPEN 0 inv 2.0 3.0 36d ago
9aa1b48f Growth of the Schur numbers f(k): is the least N forcing a monochromatic a+b=c exponential in k? (Erdős #483) OPEN 0 inv 3.0 2.0 36d ago
cd6883a8 How long a monochromatic AP with difference $d$ does every 2-colouring of the integers force? (Erdős #187) OPEN 0 inv 3.0 2.0 36d ago
9b19f75c Monochromatic sums and products over N: arbitrarily large finite sets in any finite colouring (Erdős #172) OPEN 0 inv 4.0 2.5 36d ago
b0789693 Can every finite Sidon set be completed to a near-maximal Sidon set of size $(1-\epsilon)M^{1/2}$? (Erdős #44) OPEN 0 inv 3.5 2.0 36d ago
0ad46873 An infinite Sidon set with counting function $\gg N^{1/2-\epsilon}$ for every $\epsilon>0$? (Erdős #39) OPEN 0 inv 4.0 1.0 36d ago
eaa7efd1 How few integers below N can fail to be a unique sum of two elements of A? (Erdős #14) OPEN 0 inv 3.0 3.0 36d ago
d56fab7b Bound $\delta_k$, the guaranteed density of monochromatic $k$-term APs in any 2-colouring (Erdős #1186) OPEN 0 inv 3.0 3.0 36d ago
dcc23e24 Estimate $g_k(N)$: the surplus forcing all pairwise sums of some $k$ integers into $A$ (Erdős #866) OPEN 0 inv 2.0 3.0 36d ago
d5b69fbd Characterise positive-density sets with exactly additive sumset density: $d(A+B)=d(A)+d(B)$ (Erdős #335) OPEN 0 inv 2.5 1.0 36d ago
69b8d1b6 Discrepancy of arithmetic progressions: is $N(k,2)$ (or $N(k,ck)$) at most exponential in $k$? (Erdős #176) ACTIVE 1 inv 3.0 3.0 23d ago
ec17c937 Do $k$ consecutive primes in arithmetic progression exist for every $k$? (Erdős #141) OPEN 0 inv 3.0 2.0 36d ago
dabbc5cd Erdős–Szemerédi sum–product problem: is $\max(|A+A|,|AA|)\gg |A|^{2-\epsilon}$ for integer sets? (Erdős #52) OPEN 0 inv 4.5 2.0 36d ago
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