Unsolved Problems

Showing 1-48 of 48 problems

GT-001
Open

Hadwiger Conjecture

Every graph with chromatic number $k$ has a $K_k$ minor (where $K_k$ is the complete graph on $k$ vertices)....

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Graph Theory
654
38
GT-004
Open

The Cycle Double Cover Conjecture

Every bridgeless graph has a cycle double cover: a collection of cycles that covers each edge exactly twice....

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Graph Theory
298
17
DARPA-002
Open

The Dynamics of Networks

Develop high-dimensional mathematics to model and predict behavior in large-scale distributed networks....

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Graph Theory
389
21
GRAPH-003
Open

Cycle Double Cover Conjecture

Does every bridgeless graph have a collection of cycles covering each edge exactly twice?...

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Graph Theory
312
25
GRAPH-005
Open

Lovász Conjecture

Does every finite connected vertex-transitive graph have a Hamiltonian path?...

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Graph Theory
267
21
GRAPH-006
Open

Hadwiger–Nelson Problem

What is the chromatic number of the plane with unit distance graph coloring?...

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Graph Theory
421
35
GRAPH-001
Open

Brouwer's Conjecture on Graph Laplacians

Can the sum of eigenvalues of the Laplacian matrix of a graph be bounded by the number of edges?...

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Graph Theory
234
18
GRAPH-003
Open

Graham's Pebbling Conjecture

Is the pebbling number of the Cartesian product of two graphs at least the product of their pebbling numbers?...

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Graph Theory
189
15
GRAPH-004
Open

Meyniel's Conjecture on Cop Number

Is the cop number of a connected n-vertex graph $O(\sqrt{n})$?...

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Graph Theory
267
21
GRAPH-006
Open

1-Factorization Conjecture

Does every k-regular graph on 2n vertices admit a 1-factorization when k ≥ n (or k ≥ n-1 for even n)?...

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Graph Theory
201
16
GRAPH-007
Open

Perfect 1-Factorization Conjecture

Does every complete graph on an even number of vertices admit a perfect 1-factorization?...

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Graph Theory
234
18
GRAPH-008
Open

Cereceda's Conjecture

For k-degenerate graphs, can any (k+2)-coloring be transformed to any other in polynomial steps via single-vertex recolorings?...

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Graph Theory
167
13
GRAPH-010
Open

Gyárfás-Sumner Conjecture

Is every graph class defined by excluding one fixed tree as an induced subgraph χ-bounded?...

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Graph Theory
178
14
GRAPH-011
Open

Jaeger's Petersen Coloring Conjecture

Does every bridgeless cubic graph have a cycle-continuous mapping to the Petersen graph?...

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Graph Theory
156
12
GRAPH-012
Open

List Coloring Conjecture

For every graph, does the list chromatic index equal the chromatic index?...

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Graph Theory
198
15
GRAPH-013
Open

Overfull Conjecture

Is a graph with maximum degree Δ(G) ≥ n/3 in class 2 if and only if it has an overfull subgraph with the same maximum degree?...

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Graph Theory
167
13
GRAPH-014
Open

Total Coloring Conjecture

Is the total chromatic number of every graph at most Δ + 2, where Δ is the maximum degree?...

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Graph Theory
245
19
GRAPH-015
Open

Albertson Conjecture

Can the crossing number of a graph be lower-bounded by the crossing number of a complete graph with the same chromatic number?...

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Graph Theory
178
14
GRAPH-018
Open

Harborth's Conjecture

Can every planar graph be drawn with integer edge lengths?...

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Graph Theory
189
15
GRAPH-019
Open

Negami's Conjecture

Does every graph with a planar cover have a projective-plane embedding?...

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Graph Theory
156
12
GRAPH-020
Open

Turán's Brick Factory Problem

What is the minimum crossing number of the complete bipartite graph $K_{m,n}$?...

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Graph Theory
212
17
GRAPH-021
Open

Guy's Crossing Number Conjecture

Is the crossing number of the complete graph $K_n$ equal to the value given by Guy's formula?...

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Graph Theory
198
15
GRAPH-022
Open

Universal Point Sets

Do planar graphs have universal point sets of subquadratic size?...

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Graph Theory
167
13
GRAPH-023
Open

Conference Graph Existence

Does there exist a conference graph for every number of vertices $v > 1$ where $v \equiv 1 \pmod{4}$ and v is an odd sum of two squares?...

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Graph Theory
145
11
GRAPH-024
Open

Conway's 99-Graph Problem

Does there exist a strongly regular graph with parameters (99,14,1,2)?...

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Graph Theory
178
14
GRAPH-025
Open

Degree Diameter Problem

For given maximum degree d and diameter k, what is the largest possible number of vertices in a graph?...

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Graph Theory
189
15
GRAPH-027
Open

Barnette's Conjecture

Does every cubic bipartite three-connected planar graph have a Hamiltonian cycle?...

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Graph Theory
212
17
GRAPH-028
Open

Chvátal's Toughness Conjecture

Is there a constant t such that every t-tough graph is Hamiltonian?...

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Graph Theory
178
14
GRAPH-029
Open

Cycle Double Cover Conjecture

Does every bridgeless graph have a collection of cycles that covers each edge exactly twice?...

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Graph Theory
198
15
GRAPH-030
Open

Erdős-Gyárfás Conjecture

Does every graph with minimum degree 3 contain cycles of lengths that are powers of 2?...

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Graph Theory
167
13
GRAPH-032
Open

Linear Arboricity Conjecture

Can every graph with maximum degree Δ be decomposed into at most ⌈(Δ+1)/2⌉ linear forests?...

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Graph Theory
156
12
GRAPH-033
Open

Lovász Conjecture

Does every finite connected vertex-transitive graph contain a Hamiltonian path?...

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Graph Theory
189
15
GRAPH-034
Open

Oberwolfach Problem

For which 2-regular graphs H can the complete graph be decomposed into edge-disjoint copies of H?...

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Graph Theory
167
13
GRAPH-037
Open

Sumner's Conjecture

Does every (2n-2)-vertex tournament contain every n-vertex oriented tree?...

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Graph Theory
156
12
GRAPH-038
Open

Tuza's Conjecture

Can the edges of any graph be covered by at most 2ν triangles, where ν is the maximum size of a triangle packing?...

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Graph Theory
189
15
GRAPH-039
Open

Unfriendly Partition Conjecture

Does every countable graph admit a partition where every vertex has at least as many neighbors outside its part as inside?...

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Graph Theory
145
11
GRAPH-040
Open

Zarankiewicz Problem

What is the maximum number of edges in a bipartite graph on (m,n) vertices with no complete bipartite subgraph $K_{s,t}$?...

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Graph Theory
198
16
GRAPH-041
Open

Vizing's Conjecture

For the Cartesian product of graphs $G \square H$, is the domination number at least $\gamma(G) \cdot \gamma(H)$?...

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Graph Theory
172
13
GRAPH-042
Open

Hamiltonian Decomposition of Hypergraphs

Do complete k-uniform hypergraphs admit Hamiltonian decompositions into tight cycles?...

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Graph Theory
134
10
GRAPH-044
Open

Characterization of Word-Representable Planar Graphs

Characterize which planar graphs are word-representable....

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Graph Theory
87
6
GRAPH-045
Open

Word-Representable Graphs: Forbidden Subgraph Characterization

Characterize word-representable graphs in terms of forbidden induced subgraphs....

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Graph Theory
92
7
GRAPH-046
Open

Word-Representable Near-Triangulations

Characterize word-representable near-triangulations containing K₄....

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Graph Theory
76
5
GRAPH-049
Open

Line Graphs of Non-Word-Representable Graphs

Is the line graph of a non-word-representable graph always non-word-representable?...

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Graph Theory
84
6
GRAPH-050
Open

Translating Graph Problems to Word Problems

Which hard graph problems can be efficiently solved by translating graphs to their word representations?...

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Graph Theory
105
8
GRAPH-052
Open

Implicit Graph Conjecture

Do slowly-growing hereditary graph families admit implicit representations?...

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Graph Theory
112
9
GRAPH-053
Open

Ryser's Conjecture

For r-partite r-uniform hypergraphs, is the vertex cover number at most (r-1) times the matching number?...

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Graph Theory
156
12
GRAPH-054
Open

Second Neighborhood Problem

Does every oriented graph have a vertex with at least as many vertices at distance 2 as at distance 1?...

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Graph Theory
128
10
GRAPH-058
Open

Woodall's Conjecture

Is the minimum dicut size equal to the maximum number of disjoint dijoins in a directed graph?...

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Graph Theory
134
11