Category
Problem Set
Status
Ehrhart's Volume Conjecture
Does a convex body in $\mathbb{R}^n$ with one interior lattice point at its center of mass have volume at most $(n+1)^n/n!$?...
Borsuk's Conjecture
Can every bounded set in $\mathbb{R}^n$ be partitioned into $n+1$ sets of smaller diameter?...
The Kissing Number Problem
What is the maximum number of non-overlapping unit spheres that can touch a central unit sphere in $n$ dimensions?...
Ulam's Packing Conjecture
Is the sphere the worst-packing convex solid?...
Sphere Packing in High Dimensions
What is the densest packing of unit spheres in dimensions other than 1, 2, 3, 8, and 24?...
Erdős-Ulam Problem
Is there a dense set of points in the plane with all pairwise distances rational?...
Kakeya Conjecture
Must a Kakeya set in $\mathbb{R}^n$ have Hausdorff and Minkowski dimension $n$?...
Illumination Problem
Can every convex body in $\mathbb{R}^n$ be illuminated by $2^n$ light sources?...
Yang-Mills Existence and Mass Gap
Does Yang-Mills theory exist mathematically and exhibit a mass gap in 4D?...
Kissing Number Problem
What is the kissing number (maximum number of non-overlapping unit spheres that can touch a central unit sphere) in dimensions other than 1, 2, 3, 4, ...
Tammes Problem
For n > 14 points (except n=24), what is the maximum minimum distance between points on a unit sphere?...
Carathéodory Conjecture
Does every convex, closed, twice-differentiable surface in 3D Euclidean space have at least two umbilical points?...
Cartan-Hadamard Conjecture
Does the isoperimetric inequality extend to Cartan-Hadamard manifolds (complete simply-connected manifolds of nonpositive curvature)?...
Chern's Conjecture (Affine Geometry)
Does the Euler characteristic of a compact affine manifold vanish?...
Hopf Conjectures
What are the relationships between curvature and Euler characteristic for higher-dimensional Riemannian manifolds?...
Yau's Conjecture on First Eigenvalue
Is the first eigenvalue of the Laplace-Beltrami operator on an embedded minimal hypersurface of $S^{n+1}$ equal to $n$?...
Hadwiger Conjecture (Covering)
Can every $n$-dimensional convex body be covered by at most $2^n$ smaller positively homothetic copies?...
Happy Ending Problem
What is the minimum number $g(n)$ of points in general position in the plane guaranteeing a convex $n$-gon?...
Heilbronn Triangle Problem
What configuration of $n$ points in the unit square maximizes the area of the smallest triangle they determine?...
Kalai's 3^d Conjecture
Does every centrally symmetric $d$-dimensional polytope have at least $3^d$ faces?...
Orchard-Planting Problem
What is the maximum number of 3-point lines attainable by a configuration of $n$ points in the plane?...
Unit Distance Problem
How many pairs of points at unit distance can be determined by $n$ points in the Euclidean plane?...
Bellman's Lost-in-a-Forest Problem
What is the shortest path that guarantees reaching the boundary of a given shape, starting from an unknown point with unknown orientation?...
Borromean Rings Question
Can three unknotted space curves (not all circles) be arranged as Borromean rings?...
Danzer's Problem
Do Danzer sets of bounded density or bounded separation exist?...
Sphere Packing Problem Higher Dimensions
What is the optimal sphere packing density in dimensions >3?...