Mathematics Problem Archive
Frequency of cyclic elliptic-curve groups
v1.3 research notesHow often is the group of a random elliptic curve over $\mathbb{F}_q$ cyclic?...
Typical arithmetic structure of elliptic-curve orders
v1.3 research notesCharacterize the typical arithmetic structure of $\#E(\mathbb{F}_q)$ for elliptic curves over finite fields....
Prime-order curves over every finite field
v1.3 research notesProve that there are sufficiently many prime-order elliptic curves over every finite field $\mathbb{F}_q$....
Elliptic curves with smooth group order
v1.3 research notesProve that sufficiently many elliptic curves $E/\mathbb{F}_p$ have smooth group order $\#E(\mathbb{F}_p)$....
Elliptic-curve orders with a large prime divisor
v1.3 research notesQuantify elliptic curves over finite fields whose group order has a large prime divisor....
Distribution of elliptic-curve pseudorandom sequences
v1.3 research notesProve the conjecture that the EC-LCG, EC-PG, and EC-NRG sequences defined in the slides are very well distributed....
Choosing a field for an elliptic curve of prescribed order
v1.3 research notesGiven $n$, efficiently choose a prime power $q$ and construct an elliptic curve $E/\mathbb{F}_q$ with $\#E(\mathbb{F}_q)=n$....
Jacobians in abelian-threefold isogeny classes
v1.3 research notesGiven the Weil polynomial of an abelian-threefold isogeny class over a finite field, determine whether the class contains a Jacobian....
Recognizing genus-three Jacobians over the base field
v1.3 research notesDecide whether a given principally polarized abelian threefold over a field $k$ is the Jacobian of a curve over $k$....
More MNT and pairing-friendly elliptic curves
v1.3 research notesFind more MNT curves, including usable larger embedding degrees, more curve families, and smaller cofactors....
Pairing-friendly hyperelliptic curves
v1.3 research notesConstruct pairing-friendly hyperelliptic curves suitable for cryptography....
Hardness of the Pairing Inversion Problem
v1.3 research notesDetermine the computational hardness of the Pairing Inversion Problem....
Polynomial-factor hardness of ideal-lattice problems
v1.3 research notesProve an analogous small-polynomial-factor worst-case hardness result for SVP and SIVP on ideal lattices....
NP-hardness of ideal-lattice SVP
v1.3 research notesIs the shortest vector problem on ideal or cyclic lattices NP-hard, either exactly or under approximation?...
Reducing arbitrary lattices to ideal lattices
v1.3 research notesReduce computational problems on arbitrary lattices to corresponding problems on cyclic or ideal lattices....
SVP-to-CVP reduction within ideal lattices
v1.3 research notesDoes SVP reduce to CVP while remaining inside the class of cyclic or ideal lattices?...
Worst cases for LLL on ideal lattices
v1.3 research notesExhibit cyclic or ideal lattices on which LLL achieves its worst-case approximation factor....
An algebraic LLL algorithm
v1.3 research notesDevelop an algebraic analogue of the LLL lattice-reduction algorithm that exploits ideal-lattice structure....
Ideal-lattice pseudorandom functions
v1.3 research notesConstruct efficient pseudorandom functions from ideal-lattice problems....
Algebraic algorithms for ideal-lattice problems
v1.3 research notesUse algebraic tools to solve computational problems on ideal lattices efficiently....
Quantum algorithm for ideal-lattice SVP
v1.3 research notesDevelop an efficient quantum algorithm for the shortest vector problem on ideal lattices....
Faster infrastructure discrete logarithms and point counting
v1.3 research notesUse a baby-step/giant-step infrastructure framework to speed infrastructure discrete logarithms or point counting by a polynomial factor....
Converting between divisor-class and infrastructure discrete logarithms
v1.3 research notesGive efficient reductions in both directions between the degree-zero divisor-class-group discrete logarithm problem and the infrastructure discrete lo...
Coordinates on convex domains
v1.3 research notesFor a compact convex domain $\Omega$, the values of $F_\Omega$ at the vertices of its corner locus $C_\Omega$ give complete coordinates. How are these...
Alternative and arithmetic proofs of the pi identities
v1.3 research notesGive another proof of the paper's identities (Ж) and (ж) using the methods for identity (1). Can $f(a,b,c,d)$ be interpreted as a residue at $(a+b)+(c...
Büchi's problem
v1.3 research notesBüchi's problem on sufficiently large sequences of square numbers with constant second difference....
Exponent pair conjecture
v1.3 research notesExponent pair conjecture: for all $\varepsilon > 0$, is the pair $(\varepsilon, 1/2 + \varepsilon)$ an exponent pair?...
Fontaine–Mazur geometric Galois-representation conjecture
v1.3 research notesLet $K$ be a number field and let $\rho$ be an irreducible $p$-adic representation of $\operatorname{Gal}(\overline K/K)$ that is unramified outside f...
Greenberg's Iwasawa-invariants conjecture
v1.3 research notesFor every totally real number field $F$ and prime $p$, do the Iwasawa invariants $\lambda(F_\infty/F)$ and $\mu(F_\infty/F)$ of the cyclotomic $\mathb...
Hermite's problem
v1.3 research notesHermite's problem: is it possible, for any natural number $n$, to assign a sequence of natural numbers to each real number such that the sequence for ...
Lang and Trotter's conjecture
v1.3 research notesLang and Trotter's conjecture on supersingular primes that the number of supersingular primes less than a constant $X$ is within a constant multiple o...
Stark conjectures on leading terms of Artin L-functions
v1.3 research notesFor an Artin $L$-function attached to a Galois extension of number fields, is its leading Taylor coefficient at $s=0$ the product of the corresponding...
Beilinson conjectures on special values of motivic L-functions
v1.3 research notesFor a motive (or the cohomology of a smooth projective variety) and an appropriate integer argument, is the order of vanishing of its L-function the p...
Find the value of the De Bruijn–Newman constant
v1.3 research notesFind the value of the De Bruijn–Newman constant....
First Hardy–Littlewood zeta-function conjecture
v1.3 research notesFor every $\varepsilon>0$, is there a $T_0(\varepsilon)$ such that, whenever $T\geq T_0$ and $H=T^{1/4+\varepsilon}$, the interval $(T,T+H]$ contains ...
Keating–Snaith moment conjecture for the Riemann zeta function
v1.3 research notesFor fixed admissible $k$, does $T^{-1}\int_0^T|\zeta(1/2+it)|^{2k}\,dt$ have the Keating–Snaith asymptotic $a(k)G(k+1)^2G(2k+1)^{-1}(\log T)^{k^2}$, w...
The density hypothesis for zeroes of the Riemann zeta function
v1.3 research notesThe density hypothesis for zeroes of the Riemann zeta function....
Piltz divisor problem
v1.3 research notesPiltz divisor problem on bounding $\Delta_k(x) = D_k(x) - xP_k(\log(x))$...
Generalized Ramanujan conjecture for automorphic representations
v1.3 research notesLet $K$ be a number field and let $\pi$ be a cuspidal automorphic representation of $\mathrm{GL}_n(\mathbb A_K)$ with unitary central character. Is ev...
Selberg's 1/4 conjecture
v1.3 research notesSelberg's 1/4 conjecture: the eigenvalues of the Laplace operator on Maass wave forms of congruence subgroups are at least $1/4$....
Bombieri–Lang conjecture
v1.3 research notesBombieri–Lang conjecture: $K$-rational points on a variety of general type over a number field $K$ are not a dense set in Zariski topology....
Manin conjecture
v1.3 research notesManin conjecture: if K-rational points on Fano variety are Zariski-dense subset, then the distribution of points of height: $H(x)\leq B$ in any Zarisk...
Generalized Sato–Tate conjecture
v1.3 research notesFor an abelian variety or suitable motive over a number field, are its normalized Frobenius conjugacy classes equidistributed in the associated compac...
Vojta's conjecture
v1.3 research notesVojta's conjecture: points on non-singular algebraic variety over algebraic number field that not satisfy certain height inequality are contained in s...
The n-conjecture
v1.3 research notesFix $n\geq3$. If coprime nonzero integers $a_1,\ldots,a_n$ have sum zero and no proper subsum zero, is it true that for every $\varepsilon>0$ there is...
Szpiro's conjecture
v1.3 research notesSzpiro's conjecture: for any $\varepsilon > 0$, there is some constant $C(\varepsilon)$ such that, for any elliptic curve $E$ defined over $\mathbb{Q}...
Wikipedia number-theory item 104: Congruent number problem (a corollary to Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer conjecture, per Tunnell's theorem…
v1.3 research notesCongruent number problem (a corollary to Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer conjecture, per Tunnell's theorem): determine precisely what rational numbers are c...
Erdős–Moser problem
v1.3 research notesErdős–Moser problem: is $1^1 + 2^1 = 3^1$ the only solution to the Erdős–Moser equation?...
Which integers can be written as the sum of three perfect cubes
v1.3 research notesWhich integers can be written as the sum of three perfect cubes?...
Quadratic bound in Linnik's least-prime problem
v1.3 research notesFor coprime integers $1\leq a<d$, is the least prime $p(a,d)$ congruent to $a\pmod d$ always less than $d^2$?...