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declared open · formalizederdos:501

x \in \mathbb{R}

let

A_x \subset \mathbb{R}

be a bounded set of Lebesgue outer measure

< 1

. Must there be an infinite independent set, that is an infinite

X \subseteq \mathbb{R}

with

x \notin A_y

for all distinct

x, y \in X

? Erdős and Hajnal proved that arbitrarily large finite independent sets exist. Hechler showed in 1972 that the answer is no under the continuum hypothesis, so any positive answer had to come from a model where CH fails, and Sungchul Lee later derived one from a real-valued measurable cardinal. The answer is that neither side is provable. Dropping Lee's large cardinal by transferring his argument to the extension of a model of CH by random reals gives a model where the answer is yes; Hechler's construction gives one where it is no. The question is independent of ZFC.

combinatoricsset theoryN/A4 sources

declared openerdos:514

For a transcendental entire function, how fast can

|f(z)|

be forced to grow along a path to infinity, and how short can such a path be in terms of the maximum modulus

M(r, f)

analysisN/A4 sources

declared open · formalizederdos:522

For

P_n(z) = \sum_{k=0}^n \varepsilon_k z^k

with independent uniform signs, does the number

R_n

of roots in

|z| \le 1

satisfy

R_n/(n/2) \to 1

almost surely? The manuscript proves the strong law with

R_n = n/2 + O_\omega(n^{149/150})

analysispolynomialsprobabilityN/A4 sources

declared open · formalizederdos:538

If each integer has at most

r

representations

m = pa

with

p

prime and

a \in A \subseteq [1, N]

, what is the best upper bound for

\sum_{a \in A} 1/a

? The candidate proof gives the matching order

\Theta_r(\log N / \log\log N)

number theoryN/A5 sources

declared open · formalizederdos:539

For

|A| = n

, how small can the cofactor set

Q(A) = \{a / \gcd(a,b) : a, b \in A\}

be? The answer is

h(n) = n^{1/2 + o(1)}

: a new upper bound

h(n) \le n^{1/2} \exp(O(\sqrt{\log n}))

matches the classical lower bound.

number theorypossible5 sources

declared disprovederdos:543

Erdős problem 543

number theorygroup theorypossible3 sources

declared openerdos:550

Let

m_1\leq\cdots\leq m_k

and

n

be sufficiently large. If

T

is a tree on

n

vertices and

G

is the complete multipartite graph with vertex class sizes

m_1,\ldots,m_k

, prove that

R(T,G)\leq (\chi(G)-1)(R(T,K_{m_1,m_2})-1)+m_1

graph theoryramsey theoryN/A4 sources

declared openerdos:584

Must every graph with

n

vertices and

\delta n^2

edges contain large subgraphs in which every two edges lie on specified short cycles? A dense high-girth construction refutes the statement when

\delta

may shrink with

n

graph theorycyclesN/A2 sources

declared open · formalized · $500erdos:593

Erdos Problem #593 asks which finite triple systems occur in every uncountably chromatic triple system. The answer is exactly the class generated from private-vertex expansions of finite bipartite graphs by finite disjoint unions and one-point amalgamations. Problem #1177 on exact spectra is settled alongside it.

set theorygraph theoryhypergraphsN/A4 sources

declared solvederdos:603

Erdős problem 603

combinatoricsset theoryN/A3 sources

declared proved (Lean)erdos:610

Erdős problem 610

graph theorypossible4 sources

declared solved (Lean) · formalizederdos:619

False ↔ ∃ c > 0, ∀ (V : Type) [inst : Fintype V] (G : SimpleGraph V), G.Connected → G.CliqueFree 3 → ↑(Erdos619.minNewEdges 4 G) < (1 - c) * ↑(Fintype.card V)

graph theoryN/A5 sources

declared open · formalizederdos:623

Let

X

be a set of cardinality

\aleph_\omega

and

f

a function from the finite subsets of

X

X

such that

f(A)\not\in A

for all

A

. Must there exist an infinite independent

Y\subseteq X

, i.e. with

f(B)\not\in Y

for all finite

B\subset Y

? Claimed resolution: the positive assertion is equivalent to Koepke's free-subset property, hence independent of ZFC, with consistency strength exactly a measurable cardinal.

set theoryN/A4 sources

declared solved (Lean) · formalizederdos:650

∀ (m : ℕ), Erdos650.f m = min m ⌈2 * √↑m⌉₊

number theoryA0274346 sources

declared openerdos:654

n

planar points have no four concyclic, must some point determine

(1 - o(1))n

distinct distances? Failing that, can one always force more than

(1/3 + c)n

geometrydistancespossible3 sources

declared proved (Lean) · formalizederdos:659

True ↔ ∃ A, (∀ (n : ℕ), (A n).card = n ∧ ∀ S ⊆ A n, S.card = 4 → 3 ≤ EuclideanGeometry.distinctDistances S) ∧ (fun n => ↑(EuclideanGeometry.distinctDistances (A n))) =O[Filter.atTop] fun n => ↑n / √(Real.log ↑n)

geometrydistancespossible6 sources

declared openerdos:662

Among sufficiently large one-separated planar point sets, does the triangular lattice maximize the number of distances below each threshold? Explicit rational oblique lattices beat the triangular lattice under several closed- and strict-shell readings.

geometrydistancesN/A3 sources

declared openerdos:670

Erdős asked whether every

n

-point set in Euclidean space whose pairwise distances are mutually at least 1 apart must have diameter at least

(1+o(1))n^2

. Disproved: an explicit high-dimensional construction beats the conjectured constant.

geometrydistancesN/A2 sources

declared open · $250erdos:671

For triangular arrays of nodes

a_i^n\in[-1,1]

let

\mathcal{L}^nf

be the Lagrange interpolation polynomials of a continuous

f

, with fundamental polynomials

p_i^n

. Is there a choice of nodes such that for every continuous

f

there is some

x

where

\limsup_n \sum_i\lvert p_{i}^n(x)\rvert=\infty

and yet

\mathcal{L}^nf(x) \to f(x)

? Is there a choice with

\limsup_n \sum_i\lvert p_{i}^n(x)\rvert=\infty

for every

x

, yet for every continuous

f

some

x

has

\mathcal{L}^nf(x)\to f(x)

? Both questions are claimed resolved in the affirmative.

analysisN/A3 sources

declared openerdos:684

For the least

k

at which the small-prime part of

\binom{n}{k}

exceeds

n^2

, how large can

f(n)

be?

number theoryprimesbinomial coefficientsA392019 · possible3 sources

declared solvederdos:690

Erdős problem 690

number theorypossible4 sources

declared solved (Lean) · formalizederdos:694

∀ (fmax fmin : ℕ → ℕ), (∀ (n : ℕ), IsGreatest (Nat.totient ⁻¹' {n}) (fmax n)) → (∀ (n : ℕ), IsLeast (Nat.totient ⁻¹' {n}) (fmin n)) → ∃ o, Filter.Tendsto o Filter.atTop (nhds 0) ∧ ∀ (x : ℕ), sSup {x_1 | ∃ n, ∃ (_ : n ≤ x) (_ : ∃ m, m.totient = n), ↑(fmax n) / ↑(fmin n) = x_1} = (Real.exp Real.eulerMascheroniConstant + o x) * Real.log (Real.log ↑x)

number theorypossible6 sources

declared solved (Lean)erdos:696

Erdős problem 696

number theorydivisorspossible4 sources

declared disproved (Lean) · formalized · $1000erdos:707

Erdős conjectured, in over a dozen papers spanning 1976 to 1997 and with a 1000 dollars prize attached, that every finite Sidon set extends to a perfect difference set modulo

p^2+p+1

for some prime

p

. Alexeev and Mixon establish that

\{1,2,4,8\}

is a counterexample - and discovered along the way that Marshall Hall, Jr. had published a different counterexample three decades before Erdős first posed the problem, unnoticed by the community for half a century.

additive combinatoricssidon setsN/A6 sources

declared openerdos:709

How long must an interval be to contain distinct representatives

x_i

, with

a_i \mid x_i

, for every

n

-element set of moduli

A = \{a_1, \dots, a_n\}

number theorypossible2 sources

declared proved (Lean) · formalizederdos:728

Whether there are infinitely many integers

a, b, n

with

a, b \ge \varepsilon n

such that

a!\cdot b!

divides

n!\cdot(a+b-n)!

while

a+b

exceeds

n

by more than

C\cdot\log n

number theoryfactorialsN/A6 sources

declared proved (Lean) · formalizederdos:729

True ↔ ∀ C > 0, ∃ K ≥ 3, {(a, b, n) | a > 0 ∧ b > 0 ∧ n > 0 ∧ ↑a + ↑b > ↑n + C * Real.log ↑n ∧ ∀ (p : ℕ), Nat.Prime p → p > K → padicValNat p (↑n.factorial / (↑a.factorial * ↑b.factorial)).den = 0}.Infinite

number theoryfactorialsN/A6 sources

declared openerdos:731

Let

A(n)

be the least positive integer not dividing

\binom{2n}{n}

. Erdos asked for the behaviour of

A(n)

for reasonable

n

. Under an explicit dyadic-regularity formalization of reasonable, the distribution is determined on dyadic intervals against the scale

F_X = \sqrt{2}(\log 2)^{1/4} L^{1/4} \exp\sqrt{(\log 2)L}

with

L = \log(2X)

number theorybinomial coefficientsA0061974 sources

declared solved (Lean) · formalizederdos:741

True ↔ ∀ (A : Set ℕ), 0 < (A + A).upperDensity → ∃ A₁ A₂, A = A₁ ∪ A₂ ∧ Disjoint A₁ A₂ ∧ 0 < (A₁ + A₁).upperDensity ∧ 0 < (A₂ + A₂).upperDensity

additive combinatoricsN/A6 sources

declared proved (Lean) · formalizederdos:750

True ↔ ∀ (f : ℕ → NNReal), Filter.Tendsto f Filter.atTop Filter.atTop → ∃ V G, G.chromaticNumber = ⊤ ∧ ∀ (m : ℕ) (S : Set V), 0 < m → S.ncard = m → ∃ I ⊆ S, G.IsIndepSet I ∧ ↑m / 2 - f m ≤ ↑I.ncard

graph theorychromatic numberN/A5 sources

declared openerdos:768

Let

A(x)

count

n \le x

such that every prime

p \mid n

has a divisor

d > 1

n

with

d \equiv 1 \pmod p

. Erdos asked whether

A(x)/x = \exp(-(c+o(1))\sqrt{\log x}\log\log x)

. It does, with

c = 1/(2\sqrt{\log 2})

number theoryA001034 · A3522873 sources

declared open · formalizederdos:769

For the least cutoff

c(n)

after which every

k

occurs as the number of homothetic cubes in a decomposition of the unit

n

-cube, is

c(n) \gg n^n

? The Lean proof shows

c(n) = o(n^n)

along odd dimensions.

number theorygeometryA014544 · possible4 sources

declared proved (Lean)erdos:793

Let

F(n)

be the largest

A\subseteq\{1,\dots,n\}

with

a\nmid bc

for distinct

a,b,c\in A

. Is

F(n)=\pi(n)+(C+o(1))\,n^{2/3}(\log n)^{-2}

for some constant

C

number theorypossible3 sources

declared open · formalizederdos:796

g_3(n)

is the largest size of

A \subseteq [1,n]

with fewer than three representations of every product

a_1 a_2

, does its conjectured second-order normalized term converge? The candidate proof gives an explicit limit constant.

number theorypossible5 sources

declared disproved (Lean) · formalizederdos:846

False ↔ ∀ (A : Set (EuclideanSpace ℝ (Fin 2))), ∀ ε > 0, A.Infinite → Erdos846.NonTrilinearFor A ε → Erdos846.WeaklyNonTrilinear A

geometryN/A6 sources

declared decidable · formalizederdos:848

Is the maximum size of a set

A\subseteq \{1,\ldots,N\}

such that

ab+1

is never squarefree (for all

a,b\in A

) achieved by taking those

n\equiv 7\pmod{25}

? Resolved for all sufficiently large

N

: any near-maximal

A

is contained in

\{n\equiv 7\pmod{25}\}

\{n\equiv 18\pmod{25}\}

, leaving only a finite check.

number theoryN/A4 sources

declared proved · formalizederdos:851

∀ ε ∈ Set.Ioo 0 1, ∃ r d, (Erdos851.TwoPowAddSet r).HasDensity d ∧ 1 - ε ≤ d

number theoryN/A4 sources

declared openerdos:856

Let

k\geq 3

and

f_k(N)

be the maximum of

\sum_{n\in A}\frac{1}{n}

over all

A\subseteq\{1,\ldots,N\}

containing no

k

subsets with the same pairwise least common multiple. Estimate

f_k(N)

. The claimed answer:

f_k(N)=(\log N)^{\gamma_k+o(1)}

, where

\gamma_k

is a weighted generalization of the Tang-Zhang sunflower capacity.

number theorypossible3 sources

declared solvederdos:858

Erdős problem 858

number theoryprimitive setsN/A4 sources

declared provederdos:863

Erdős problem 863

number theorysidon setsadditive combinatoricsN/A3 sources

declared proved (Lean) · formalizederdos:865

∃ C > 0, ∀ᶠ (N : ℕ) in Filter.atTop, ∀ A ⊆ Finset.Icc 1 N, ↑A.card ≥ 5 / 8 * ↑N + C → ∃ a ∈ A, ∃ b ∈ A, ∃ c ∈ A, a ≠ b ∧ a ≠ c ∧ b ≠ c ∧ a + b ∈ A ∧ a + c ∈ A ∧ b + c ∈ A

number theoryadditive combinatoricspossible5 sources

declared openerdos:866

Estimate the least excess

g_k(N)

forcing

k

integers whose pairwise sums all lie in a dense subset of

\{1, \dots, 2N\}

; in particular, determine the positive variant

h_4(n)

number theoryadditive combinatoricspossible5 sources

declared openerdos:870

Let

k\geq 3

and

A

be an additive basis of order

k

. Does there exist a constant

c=c(k)>0

such that if

r(n)\geq c\log n

for all large

n

(where

r(n)

counts representations of

n

as a sum of at most

k

elements of

A

) then

A

must contain a minimal basis of order

k

? The claimed answer is no, for every

k\geq 3

number theoryadditive basisN/A3 sources

declared disproved (Lean) · formalizederdos:871

False ↔ ∀ (A : Set ℕ), ((∀ᶠ (n : ℕ) in Filter.atTop, ∃ a ∈ A, ∃ b ∈ A, a + b = n) ∧ ∀ (t : ℕ), ∀ᶠ (n : ℕ) in Filter.atTop, ∃ pairs, pairs.card ≥ t ∧ ∀ p ∈ pairs, p.1 ∈ A ∧ p.2 ∈ A ∧ p.1 + p.2 = n ∧ p.1 ≤ p.2) → ∃ B C, (∀ (x : ℕ), x ∈ A ↔ x ∈ B ∨ x ∈ C) ∧ Disjoint B C ∧ (∀ᶠ (n : ℕ) in Filter.atTop, ∃ a ∈ B, ∃ b ∈ B, a + b = n) ∧ ∀ᶠ (n : ℕ) in Filter.atTop, ∃ a ∈ C, ∃ b ∈ C, a + b = n

number theoryadditive basisN/A6 sources

declared solved · formalizederdos:888

(fun n => ↑(Nat.findGreatest (Erdos888.p n) n)) =Θ[Filter.atTop] fun n => ↑n * Real.log (Real.log ↑n) / Real.log ↑n

number theorysquaresA3875845 sources

declared solvederdos:896

Erdős problem 896

number theorypossible3 sources

declared disproved (Lean) · formalizederdos:897

False ↔ ∀ (f : ℕ → ℝ), (∀ a > 0, ∀ b > 0, a.Coprime b → f (a * b) = f a + f b) → Filter.limsup (fun x => match x with | (p, k) => ↑(f (p ^ k)) / ↑(Real.log (↑p ^ k))) (Filter.atTop ⊓ Filter.principal {(p, k) | Nat.Prime p}) = ⊤ → Filter.limsup (fun n => (↑(f (n + 1)) - ↑(f n)) / ↑(Real.log ↑n)) Filter.atTop = ⊤

number theoryN/A6 sources

declared open · formalizederdos:906

Is there an entire non-zero function

f:\mathbb{C}\to \mathbb{C}

such that, for any infinite sequence

n_1<n_2<\cdots

, the set

\{ z: f^{(n_k)}(z)=0 \textrm{ for some }k\geq 1\}

is everywhere dense? The literal question is trivial for polynomials, so the claims address the transcendental entire case, in the affirmative.

analysisiterated functionsN/A5 sources

declared open · formalizederdos:942

Let

h(n)

count powerful integers in

[n^2, (n+1)^2)

. What is the extremal order of

h(n)

number theorypossible4 sources

declared solvederdos:948

Erdős problem 948

number theoryramsey theoryN/A3 sources

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