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List of unsolved problems in mathematics

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This article describes some currently unsolved problems in mathematics.

The seven Millennium Prize Problems set by the Clay Mathematics Institute are:

Other still-unsolved problems:

See also those problems listed as conjectures (list of conjectures).

Problems solved recently:

See also: Hilbert's 23 problems, Timeline of mathematics

Quotes

"Problems worthy of attack
Prove their worth by fighting back."
Piet Hein (19051996)

External links

Books discussing unsolved problems

  • Fan Chung; Ron Graham (1999). Erdos on Graphs : His Legacy of Unsolved Problems. AK Peters. ISBN 156881111X.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  • Hallard T. Croft; Kenneth J. Falconer; Richard K. Guy (1994). Unsolved Problems in Geometry. Springer. ISBN 0387975063.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  • Richard K. Guy (2004). Unsolved Problems in Number Theory. Springer. ISBN 0387208607.
  • Victor Klee; Stan Wagon (1996). Old and New Unsolved Problems in Plane Geometry and Number Theory. The Mathematical Association of America. ISBN 0883853159.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)