Unsolved Problems

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GAME-009
Open

Grundy's Game Periodicity

Is the nim-sequence of Grundy's game eventually periodic?...

L3
Combinatorics
278
21
GAME-010
Open

Rendezvous Problem

What is the optimal strategy for two agents to meet on a network without communication?...

L3
Combinatorics
312
24
PROB-001
Open

Ibragimov-Iosifescu Conjecture for φ-mixing

Does the Ibragimov-Iosifescu conjecture hold for φ-mixing sequences?...

L4
Analysis
187
14
GEOM-010
Open

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, ...

L4
Geometry
534
41
GEOM-013
Open

Tammes Problem

For n > 14 points (except n=24), what is the maximum minimum distance between points on a unit sphere?...

L3
Geometry
245
19
GEOM-014
Open

Carathéodory Conjecture

Does every convex, closed, twice-differentiable surface in 3D Euclidean space have at least two umbilical points?...

L4
Geometry
312
24
GEOM-015
Open

Cartan-Hadamard Conjecture

Does the isoperimetric inequality extend to Cartan-Hadamard manifolds (complete simply-connected manifolds of nonpositive curvature)?...

L4
Geometry
267
20
GEOM-016
Open

Chern's Conjecture (Affine Geometry)

Does the Euler characteristic of a compact affine manifold vanish?...

L4
Geometry
189
15
GEOM-017
Open

Hopf Conjectures

What are the relationships between curvature and Euler characteristic for higher-dimensional Riemannian manifolds?...

L5
Geometry
234
18
GEOM-018
Open

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 $n$?...

L5
Geometry
178
14
GEOM-019
Open

Hadwiger Conjecture (Covering)

Can every $n$-dimensional convex body be covered by at most $2^n$ smaller positively homothetic copies?...

L4
Geometry
298
23
GEOM-020
Open

Happy Ending Problem

What is the minimum number $g(n)$ of points in general position in the plane guaranteeing a convex $n$-gon?...

L4
Geometry
345
27
GEOM-021
Open

Heilbronn Triangle Problem

What configuration of $n$ points in the unit square maximizes the area of the smallest triangle they determine?...

L4
Geometry
223
17
GEOM-022
Open

Kalai's 3^d Conjecture

Does every centrally symmetric $d$-dimensional polytope have at least $3^d$ faces?...

L4
Geometry
189
15
GEOM-023
Open

Orchard-Planting Problem

What is the maximum number of 3-point lines attainable by a configuration of $n$ points in the plane?...

L3
Geometry
234
18
GEOM-024
Open

Unit Distance Problem

How many pairs of points at unit distance can be determined by $n$ points in the Euclidean plane?...

L4
Geometry
267
21
GEOM-025
Open

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?...

L3
Geometry
423
33
GEOM-026
Open

Borromean Rings Question

Can three unknotted space curves (not all circles) be arranged as Borromean rings?...

L3
Geometry
312
24
GEOM-027
Open

Danzer's Problem

Do Danzer sets of bounded density or bounded separation exist?...

L4
Geometry
201
16
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?...

L4
Graph Theory
234
18
GRAPH-002
Open

Eternal Domination vs Domination Number

Does there exist a graph where the dominating number equals the eternal dominating number and both are less than the clique covering number?...

L3
Graph Theory
156
12
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?...

L4
Graph Theory
189
15
GRAPH-004
Open

Meyniel's Conjecture on Cop Number

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

L4
Graph Theory
267
21
GRAPH-005
Open

Graph Coloring Game Monotonicity

If Alice has a winning strategy for the vertex coloring game with k colors, does she have one for k+1 colors?...

L3
Graph Theory
178
14
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)?...

L4
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?...

L4
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?...

L4
Graph Theory
167
13
GRAPH-009
Open

Earth-Moon Problem

What is the maximum chromatic number of biplanar graphs?...

L3
Graph Theory
189
15
GRAPH-010
Open

Gyárfás-Sumner Conjecture

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

L4
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?...

L4
Graph Theory
156
12
GRAPH-012
Open

List Coloring Conjecture

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

L4
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?...

L4
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?...

L4
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?...

L4
Graph Theory
178
14
GRAPH-016
Open

Conway's Thrackle Conjecture

Does every thrackle have at most as many edges as vertices?...

L3
Graph Theory
201
16
GRAPH-017
Open

GNRS Conjecture

Do minor-closed graph families have $\ell_1$ embeddings with bounded distortion?...

L5
Graph Theory
145
11
GRAPH-018
Open

Harborth's Conjecture

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

L4
Graph Theory
189
15
GRAPH-019
Open

Negami's Conjecture

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

L4
Graph Theory
156
12
GRAPH-020
Open

Turán's Brick Factory Problem

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

L4
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?...

L4
Graph Theory
198
15
GRAPH-022
Open

Universal Point Sets

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

L4
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?...

L4
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)?...

L4
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?...

L4
Graph Theory
189
15
GRAPH-026
Open

Moore Graph Existence

Does a Moore graph with girth 5 and degree 57 exist?...

L5
Graph Theory
223
18
GRAPH-027
Open

Barnette's Conjecture

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

L4
Graph Theory
212
17
GRAPH-028
Open

Chvátal's Toughness Conjecture

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

L4
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?...

L4
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?...

L4
Graph Theory
167
13
GRAPH-031
Open

Erdős-Hajnal Conjecture

Does every graph family defined by a forbidden induced subgraph have polynomial-sized cliques or independent sets?...

L5
Graph Theory
234
19