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c7dd0431 Count the incongruent n-point sets maximising unit distances: does the number tend to infinity? (Erdős #668) OPEN 0 inv 2.0 3.0 36d ago
a484e797 Bipartite distinct distances: can n red and n blue planar points span o(n/√log n) cross distances? (Erdős #661) OPEN 0 inv 3.0 2.0 36d ago
6e62074a Isosceles-free planar sets: must n points determine at least f(n)·n distances with f(n) → ∞? (Erdős #657) OPEN 0 inv 3.0 2.0 36d ago
2b982145 Pinned distances with no four points on a circle: is f(n) > (1/3+c)n, or even (1-o(1))n? (Erdős #654) OPEN 0 inv 3.0 3.0 36d ago
89f2b528 Distinct values among the pinned-distance counts R(x_i): is g(n) at least (1-o(1))n? (Erdős #653) OPEN 0 inv 2.0 2.0 36d ago
c5deb670 Pinned distances: must some point of an n-point planar set see n^{1-o(1)} distinct distances? (Erdős #604) OPEN 0 inv 4.0 1.0 36d ago
4949542b For which n can n points in general position have the i-th distance occur exactly i times? (Erdős #217) OPEN 0 inv 3.0 3.0 36d ago
50dbfca1 Integer-distance point sets in general position: does every n admit one? (Erdős #213) OPEN 0 inv 3.0 2.5 36d ago
c7fa264a Erdős–Ulam problem: is there a dense subset of the plane with all pairwise distances rational? (Erdős #212) OPEN 0 inv 4.0 1.0 36d ago
889886c2 How many incongruent diameter-minimising sets of n unit-separated points are there? Does h(n) → ∞? (Erdős #103) OPEN 0 inv 2.0 2.5 36d ago
25919e24 Point sets whose distinct distances differ by at least 1: must the diameter grow linearly in n? (Erdős #100) OPEN 0 inv 3.0 3.5 36d ago
bbccf3ce Do diameter-minimising point sets with unit separation contain a unit equilateral triangle? (Erdős #99) OPEN 0 inv 3.0 2.0 36d ago
8e608918 Points with no 3 on a line and no 4 on a circle: is the number of distinct distances superlinear? (Erdős #98) OPEN 0 inv 3.0 2.0 36d ago
45765c25 Two non-similar n-point sets minimising distinct distances: prove non-uniqueness for large n (Erdős #91) OPEN 0 inv 2.0 2.5 36d ago
be158ef1 Fewest edges of a pancyclic graph: pin down h(n) between log_2 n and log_2 n + log_* n (Erdős #1016) OPEN 0 inv 3.0 3.0 36d ago
c5f3e3e0 Graphs whose every cycle has more vertices than chords: is the maximum edge count linear? (Erdős #642) OPEN 0 inv 3.0 3.0 36d ago
68d35b2c Maximum edges in a graph with no two edge-disjoint cycles on the same vertex set (Erdős #585) OPEN 0 inv 2.5 2.5 36d ago
7a65bff7 Dense subgraphs in which every two edges lie on a short cycle: the Duke–Erdős–Rödl problem (Erdős #584) OPEN 0 inv 3.0 1.0 36d ago
81309919 Littlewood's conjecture: is $\liminf n\,\|n\alpha\|\,\|n\beta\| = 0$ for all reals $\alpha,\beta$? (Erdős #495) OPEN 0 inv 4.5 1.0 36d ago
7ebfa71d Erdős–Gallai conjecture: decompose any n-vertex graph into O(n) edge-disjoint cycles and edges (Erdős #184) OPEN 0 inv 4.0 1.0 36d ago
28699e69 Must two distances among n planar points each occur at least once but at most n times? (Erdős #132) OPEN 0 inv 3.0 2.5 36d ago
c9ee8361 Erdős distinct distances problem: close the last √log n gap left by Guth–Katz (Erdős #89) OPEN 0 inv 4.5 1.0 36d ago
43bebb7c Irreducible covering sets: count them, bound $n_k$, and maximise $\sum 1/n_i$ (Erdős #1189) OPEN 0 inv 3.5 3.0 36d ago
b65e46a3 Count minimal covering systems with all moduli at most $x$: estimate $F(x)$ (Erdős #1188) OPEN 0 inv 3.0 3.0 36d ago
02316678 Sierpiński numbers without a finite covering set of primes: do they exist? (Erdős #1113) OPEN 0 inv 3.0 2.5 36d ago
d19cbb39 Choose $a_p\pmod p$ for every prime so all large $n$ are $a_p+tp$ with $t\geq k$ (Erdős #279) OPEN 0 inv 2.0 1.5 36d ago
0116de7c Is there $m$ coprime to $6$ such that $2^k3^\ell m+1$ is never prime? (Erdős #203) OPEN 0 inv 3.0 3.0 36d ago
3e5a3bae How many cycle sets are achievable on $n$ vertices? Prove $f(n)/2^{n/2}\to\infty$ (Erdős #84) OPEN 0 inv 3.0 2.5 36d ago
d05d68b4 Is the sum of reciprocals of cycle lengths minimised by complete bipartite graphs? (Erdős #65) OPEN 0 inv 3.0 3.0 36d ago
1c5ffd8b Beyond the $C_4$ extremal number: must a graph contain $\gg n^{1/2}$ four-cycles? (Erdős #60) OPEN 0 inv 3.0 2.0 36d ago
5ef64c7e Distinct distances among vertices of a convex polyhedron in 3-space: at least $(1-o(1))n/2$? (Erdős #660) OPEN 0 inv 2.0 2.0 36d ago
d2805ea8 Completeness of the sequence $\lfloor t\alpha^n\rfloor$: for which $t,\alpha$ is it complete? (Erdős #349) OPEN 0 inv 3.0 2.0 36d ago
ed240e16 Complete sequences that survive removing any m elements but not any n: which pairs (m,n) occur? (Erdős #348) ACTIVE 1 inv 2.5 2.0 17d ago
5bbaad2d Maximum density of integers covered by one congruence for each modulus $n_1<\cdots<n_r$ (Erdős #278) OPEN 0 inv 2.0 3.5 36d ago
13302ddf A composite Lucas sequence with no finite prime obstruction: does one exist? (Erdős #276) ACTIVE 1 inv 3.0 2.5 23d ago
a661f94d Can a group be partitioned into finitely many cosets with pairwise distinct indices? (Erdős #274) OPEN 0 inv 3.0 2.0 36d ago
7591c721 Unit distances among vertices of a convex polygon: is the maximum $O(n)$? (Erdős #96) OPEN 0 inv 3.0 2.0 36d ago
da9d4b38 Monochromatic lattice families in a 2-coloured power set: estimate $f(n)$ and $F(n)$ (Erdős #1183) OPEN 0 inv 3.0 3.5 36d ago
1a0b282f GCH set mappings on $\aleph_{\omega+1}$ with small intersections: is there a full-size free set? (Erdős #1173) OPEN 0 inv 2.0 1.0 36d ago
17475db0 Property B for countable sets whose pairwise intersections are finite and never exactly 1 (Erdős #602) OPEN 0 inv 2.0 1.0 36d ago
fab552ce Set mappings on $\mathbb{R}$ with outer measure $<1$: must an infinite free set exist? (Erdős #501) OPEN 0 inv 2.5 1.0 36d ago
a5f714c6 Complete minus finite sets, incomplete minus infinite sets: must $a_{n+1}/a_n\to(1+\sqrt5)/2$? (Erdős #346) OPEN 0 inv 3.0 2.0 36d ago
5e0a4884 Thresholds of completeness for $k$-th powers: is $T(n^k)>T(n^{k+1})$ infinitely often? (Erdős #345) OPEN 0 inv 2.5 3.0 36d ago
76ff73a2 Prove the two-sided density-Ramsey function of $K_n$ satisfies $F(n,\alpha)\sim c_\alpha \log n$ (Erdős #162) OPEN 0 inv 3.0 2.0 36d ago
85d2c20f Jumps of the density-Ramsey function $F^{(t)}(n,\alpha)$: does everything happen at $\alpha=0$? (Erdős #161) OPEN 0 inv 3.5 1.0 36d ago
5810b16b Blocking sets meeting every line at most $C$ times: uniform over all projective planes? (Erdős #1159) OPEN 0 inv 3.0 3.5 36d ago
75774274 The weak sunflower problem: estimate $m(n,k)$ forcing $k$ sets with equal pairwise intersections (Erdős #857) OPEN 0 inv 3.0 3.0 36d ago
b12dc3d6 Construct pairwise balanced designs with $O(\sqrt{n})$ blocks of every size (Erdős #734) OPEN 0 inv 2.0 2.0 36d ago
898ad01e Asymptotic enumeration of $k\times n$ Latin rectangles for all $k$ (Erdős #725) OPEN 0 inv 3.0 3.0 36d ago
0b3756ff Pairwise balanced designs with every block of size $>\sqrt{n}-C$: possible for all large $n$? (Erdős #665) OPEN 0 inv 3.0 2.0 36d ago
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