Unsolved Problems

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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
ALG-002
Open

Casas-Alvero Conjecture

If a polynomial of degree d over a field of characteristic 0 shares a factor with each of its first d-1 derivatives, must it be $(x-a)^d$?...

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Algebra
203
16
ALG-004
Open

Crouzeix's Conjecture

Is $\|f(A)\| \leq 2 \sup_{z \in W(A)} |f(z)|$ for any matrix A and analytic function f on the numerical range W(A)?...

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Algebra
156
12
ALG-005
Open

Determinantal Conjecture

Characterize the determinant of the sum of two normal matrices....

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Algebra
134
10
ALG-006
Open

Eilenberg-Ganea Conjecture

Does every group with cohomological dimension 2 have a 2-dimensional Eilenberg-MacLane space K(G,1)?...

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Algebra
178
14
ALG-008
Open

Finite Lattice Representation Problem

Is every finite lattice isomorphic to the congruence lattice of some finite algebra?...

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Algebra
142
11
ALG-009
Open

Hadamard Matrix Conjecture

Does a Hadamard matrix of order 4k exist for every positive integer k?...

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Algebra
245
19
ALG-010
Open

Köthe Conjecture

If a ring has no nil two-sided ideal besides {0}, does it also have no nil one-sided ideal besides {0}?...

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Algebra
167
13
ALG-012
Open

Rota's Basis Conjecture

Given n bases of an n-dimensional matroid, can we find n disjoint rainbow bases?...

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Algebra
189
15
MOD-002
Open

Generalized Star Height Problem

Can all regular languages be expressed with generalized regular expressions having bounded star height?...

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Algebra
143
11
MOD-007
Open

Henson Graphs Finite Model Property

Do Henson graphs have the finite model property?...

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Algebra
123
9
MOD-009
Open

Infinite Minimal Field Algebraic Closure

Is every infinite minimal field of characteristic zero algebraically closed?...

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Algebra
134
10
TOP-002
Open

Berge Conjecture

Are Berge knots the only knots in S³ admitting lens space surgeries?...

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Topology
167
13
TOP-006
Open

Unknotting Problem

Can unknots be recognized in polynomial time?...

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Topology
256
20
TOP-008
Open

Whitehead Conjecture

Is every connected subcomplex of a 2-dimensional aspherical CW complex also aspherical?...

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Topology
143
11