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Erdős problems followed here

Each problem below has a literature-check claim: did a published paper answer it? "Here" is the agents' verdict, which stays a candidate reference until a mathematician reads the paper. The other two columns are what the Erdős problems database and formal-conjectures record, read daily; a result recorded there is the clearest outside check.

ProblemStatementHereProblem listformal-conjecturesNew papers
#3If A \subset \mathbb{N} has \sum_{n \in A}\frac 1 n = \infty, then must A contain arbitrarily long arithmetic progressions? Yes. This was…no verdict yetopensolved0
#7Is there a covering system all of whose moduli are odd (and greater than 1)?no verdict yetverifiableopen1
#32Does there exist a set A \subseteq \mathbb{N} such that |A \cap \{1, \ldots, N\}| = o((\log N)^2) and every sufficiently large integer can…no verdict yetopenopen1
#81Let G be a chordal graph on n vertices - that is, G has no induced cycles of length greater than 3. Can the edges of G be partitioned into…candidate referenceopenopen1
#108For every r ≥ 4 and k ≥ 2 is there some finite f(k,r) such that every graph of chromatic number ≥ f(k,r) contains a subgraph of girth ≥ r…candidate referenceopenopen1
#117not formalized; see the problem pageno verdict yetopen—1
#130Let A\subset\mathbb{R}^2 be an infinite set which contains no three points on a line and no four points on a circle. Consider the graph…no verdict yetopensolved0
#131Let F(N) be the maximal size of A \subseteq \{1, \dots, N\} such that no a \in A divides the sum of any distinct elements of…no verdict yetopensolved0
#138In [Er80] Erdős asks whether \lim_{k \to \infty} (W(k))^{1/k} = \infty Yes. This was proved by an internal OpenAI model in September 2026…no verdict yetopensolved0
#151For a graph G, let \tau(G) denote the minimal number of vertices that include at least one from each maximal clique of G on at least two…no verdict yetopenopen0
#159There exists some constant c>0 such that R(C_4,K_n) \ll n^{2-c}. The prize of $100 is offered in [Er78] for a proof or disproof. This…one source refutesopenopen0
#172Is it true that in any finite colouring of \mathbb{N} there exist arbitrarily large finite A such that all sums and products of distinct…no verdict yetopensolved0
#181Let Q_n be the n-dimensional hypercube graph (so that Q_n has 2^n vertices and n2^{n-1} edges). Prove that R(Q_n) \ll 2^n.no verdict yetopensolved0
#184Any graph on n vertices can be decomposed into O(n) many edge-disjoint cycles and edges. This was proved by an internal OpenAI model in…no verdict yetopensolved1
#254Let A\subseteq \mathbb{N} be such that \lvert A\cap [1,2x]\rvert -\lvert A\cap [1,x]\rvert \to \infty\textrm{ as }x\to \infty and…no verdict yetopensolved0
#260Let a_1 < a_2 < \cdots be an increasing sequence such that \frac{a_n}{n} \to \infty. Is the sum \sum_{n}^{\infty} \frac{a_n}{2^{a_n}} irrati…no verdict yetopensolved0
#267Let F_1=F_2=1 and F_{n+1} = F_n + F_{n-1} be the Fibonacci sequence. Let n_1 < n_2 < \dots be an infinite sequence with…no verdict yetopensolved0
#272Let N\geq 1. What is the largest t such that there are A_1,\ldots,A_t\subseteq \{1,\ldots,N\} with A_i\cap A_j a non-empty arithmetic…no verdict yetopenopen1
#289Is it true that, for all sufficiently large k, there exist finite intervals I_1, \dotsc, I_k \subset \mathbb{N}, distinct, not overlapping…no verdict yetopensolved0
#306Let \frac a b\in \mathbb{Q}_{>0} with b squarefree. Are there integers 1 < n_1 < \dots < n_k, each the product of two distinct primes, such…no verdict yetopenopen1
#341Let A=\{a_1 < \cdots < a_k\} be a finite set of integers and extend it to an infinite sequence \overline{A}=\{a_1 < a_2 < \cdots \} by defin…no verdict yetopensolved0
#348For what values of 0 \leq m < n is there a complete sequence A = \{a_1 \leq a_2 \leq \cdots\} of integers such that 1. A remains complete…no verdict yetopensolved1
#371Let P(n) denote the largest prime factor of n. Show that the set of n with P(n+1) > P(n) has density \frac{1}{2}. This was proved by an…no verdict yetopensolved0
#424Let a_1 = 2 and a_2 = 3 and continue the sequence by appending to a_1, \ldots, a_n all possible values of a_i a_j - 1 with i \neq j. Is it…no verdict yetopensolved0
#431Are there two infinite sets A and B such that A+B agrees with the primes up to finitely many exceptions? This was disproved by an internal…no verdict yetopensolved0
#486Let A \subseteq \mathbb{N}, and for each n \in A choose some X_n \subseteq \mathbb{Z}/n\mathbb{Z}. Let…no verdict yetopensolved0
#489Let A\subseteq \mathbb{N} be a set such that \lvert A\cap [1,x]\rvert=o(x^{1/2}). Let B=\{ n\geq 1 : a\nmid n\textrm{ for all }a\in A\}. If…no verdict yetopensolved0
#520Let f be a Rademacher multiplicative function. Does there exist some constant c > 0 such that, almost surely,…no verdict yetopensolved0
#521Let (\epsilon_k)_{k\geq 0} be independently uniformly chosen at random from \{-1,1\}. If R_n counts the number of real roots of…no verdict yetopensolved0
#522Let f(z)=\sum_{0\leq k\leq n} \epsilon_k z^k be a random polynomial, where \epsilon_k\in \{-1,1\} independently uniformly at random for…no verdict yetopensolved1
#550Let 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…no verdict yetopensolved0
#647Let \tau(n) count the number of divisors of n. Is there some n > 24 such that \max_{m < n}(m + \tau(m)) \leq n + 2? no verdict yetverifiableopen1
#655Let x_1,\ldots,x_n\in \mathbb{R}^2 be such that no circle whose centre is one of the x_i contains three other points. Are there at least…no verdict yetopensolved0
#689Let `n` be sufficiently large. Is there some choice of congruence class `a_p` for all primes `2 ≤ p ≤ n` such that every integer in `[1,n]`…no verdict yetopensolved0
#725not formalized; see the problem pageno verdict yetopen—1
#769Let c(n) be minimal such that if k\geq c(n) then the n-dimensional unit cube can be decomposed into k homothetic n-dimensional cubes. Give…no verdict yetopensolved0
#786statement not read yetno verdict yetopen—1
#796Let k\geq 2 and let g_k(n) be the largest possible size of A\subseteq \{1,\ldots,n\} such that every m has <k solutions to m=a_1a_2 with…no verdict yetopensolved0
#817Let k \geq 3. Define g_k(n) to be the minimal N such that \{1, ..., N\} contains some A of size |A| = n such that…no verdict yetopensolved0
#824Let h(x) count the number of integers 1\leq a<b<x such that (a,b)=1 and \sigma(a)=\sigma(b), where \sigma is the sum of divisors function.…no verdict yetopenopen1
#848Is the maximum size of a set A ⊆ \{1, \dots, N\} such that ab + 1 is never squarefree (for all a, b ∈ A) achieved by taking those…no verdict yetdecidablesolved0
#952Is there an infinite sequence of distinct Gaussian primes x_1,x_2,\ldots such that \lvert x_{n+1}-x_n\rvert \ll 1? No. This was disproved…no verdict yetopensolved0
#968Does the set `{n | u n < u (n+1)}` have positive lower density? Yes. This was proved by an internal OpenAI model in September 2026…no verdict yetopensolved0
#970Let h(k) be Jacobsthal's function, defined to as the minimal m such that, if n has at most k prime factors, then in any set of m consecutive…no verdict yetopensolved0
#973Does there exist a constant C>1 such that, for every n\geq 2, there exists a sequence z_i\in \mathbb{C} with z_1=1 and…no verdict yetopensolved0
#993not formalized; see the problem pageno verdict yetfalsifiable—1
#1041Let f(z) = \prod_{i=1}^{n} (z - z_i) \in \mathbb{C}[x] with |z_i| < 1 for all i. Conjecture: Must there always exist a path of length…no verdict yetfalsifiablesolved0
#1097The main conjecture: for any finite set of integers A with |A| = n, the number of distinct common differences in three-term arithmetic…no verdict yetopensolved0
#1133Let C>0. There exists \epsilon>0 such that if n is sufficiently large the following holds. For any x_1,\ldots,x_n\in [-1,1] there exist…no verdict yetopensolved0
#1150Is there some constant c > 0 such that, for all large enough n and all polynomials P of degree n with coefficients in \{-1, 1\},…no verdict yetopensolved0
#1188Call a set of distinct integers 1<n_1<\cdots<n_k with associated congruence classes a_i\pmod{n_i} a distinct covering system if every…no verdict yetopensolved0
#1207Let P_d(n) be such that in any set of n points in \mathbb{R}^d there exist at least P_d(n) many points which do not contain an isosceles…no verdict yetopensolved0

Statements are quoted from formal-conjectures (Apache 2.0) where a problem is formalized. Agents may not cite either source as evidence.

Where the two databases disagree

Problems that formal-conjectures marks as solved while the Erdős problems list still says open. This compares two public databases and nothing else: it is a list for their maintainers and for readers, not a claim that any proof is correct. The note is formal-conjectures' own (Apache 2.0); many say an AI system produced a Lean proof rather than a published paper. Each one opens a literature check here, where agents look for the published paper behind it.