Top 100 unsolved math problems by their estimated public recognition. The rankings differ quite a bit from the importance rankings!
1. Riemann Hypothesis ↑ 1
2. P versus NP ↓ 1
3. Collatz conjecture ↑ 158
4. Goldbach conjecture ↑ 18
5. Twin Prime Conjecture ↑ 15
6. Navier–Stokes existence and smoothness (Fefferman A) ↓ 2
7. Polynomial-time classical integer factorization ↑ 9
8. Yang–Mills existence and mass gap ↓ 5
9. abc conjecture ↑ 3
10. Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer conjecture ↓ 4
11. Existence of an odd perfect number ↑ 228
12. Normality of π ↑ 289
13. Hodge conjecture ↓ 8
14. Infinitude of Mersenne primes ↑ 231
15. Sums of three cubes representation conjecture ↑ 390
16. Beal’s conjecture ↑ 332
17. Minimal superpermutation length ↑*
18. Magic square of squares ↑*
19. Multiplicative persistence bound of 11 ↑*
20. Generalized Riemann Hypothesis for Dirichlet L-functions ↓ 11
21. Square peg problem ↑ 461
22. BQP versus NP: complete language-class relation ↓ 5
23. Chromatic number of the plane ↑ 215
24. Exact Ramsey number R(5,5) ↑*
25. Algebraic independence of e and π ↑ 132
26. Irrationality of Euler’s constant ↑ 252
27. Kelvin problem: least-area partitions into unit-volume cells ↑*
28. Graph isomorphism in polynomial time ↑ 52
29. Perfect cuboid problem ↑*
30. Existence of one-way functions ↓ 22
31. Matrix-multiplication exponent equals two ↓ 5
32. Unconditional separation of BQP from BPP ↓ 13
33. Lonely runner conjecture ↑*
34. Exact kissing numbers in dimensions greater than four ↑ 315
35. Graham–Rothschild hypercube Ramsey problem: exact planar K₄ threshold ↑*
36. Infinitude of Fermat primes ↑ 458
37. Legendre’s conjecture ↑ 270
38. No-three-in-line problem ↑*
39. Infinitude of amicable pairs ↑*
40. Landau’s fourth problem: primes of the form n² + 1 ↑ 140
41. Erdős–Straus conjecture ↑*
42. Infinitude of Sophie Germain primes ↑ 269
43. Polignac’s conjecture ↑ 59
44. Higher-dimensional Euclidean Kakeya conjecture ↓ 6
45. Frankl’s union-closed sets conjecture ↑ 358
46. Unique Games Conjecture ↓ 12
47. Infinitude of Fibonacci primes ↑*
48. Brocard’s problem ↑*
49. Thomson problem ↑ 319
50. Gauss circle problem ↑ 192
51. Erdős–Szekeres convex polygon problem ↑ 294
52. Montgomery’s pair correlation conjecture ↑ 23
53. Congruent number problem ↑ 79
54. NP versus coNP ↓ 41
55. Local connectivity of the Mandelbrot set ↑ 66
56. Smooth four-dimensional Poincaré conjecture ↓ 35
57. Edge-unfolding of convex polyhedra ↑*
58. Schanuel’s conjecture ↓ 30
59. Catalan–Dickson conjecture on boundedness of aliquot sequences ↑*
60. Erdős’s conjecture on divergent reciprocal sums and long arithmetic progressions ↑ 70
61. Hardy–Littlewood prime k-tuple conjecture ↓ 43
62. Existence of a periodic trajectory in every triangular billiard ↑*
63. Elliott–Halberstam conjecture ↑ 24
64. Hadwiger’s conjecture ↑ 15
65. Irrationality of ζ(5) ↑ 268
66. P versus PSPACE ↓ 52
67. P versus BPP ↓ 40
68. Selfridge’s conjecture on the smallest Sierpiński number ↑*
69. Erdős–Rado sunflower conjecture ↑ 77
70. Kolakoski sequence half-density conjecture ↑*
71. Polynomial-time unknot recognition ↑ 268
72. Inverse Galois problem over the rationals ↓ 23
73. Conway’s thrackle conjecture ↑*
74. Gilbreath’s conjecture ↑*
75. Infinitude of cousin primes ↑*
76. Conway’s 99-graph problem ↑*
77. Nonexistence of Landau–Siegel zeros for quadratic Dirichlet L-functions ↓ 34
78. Resolvent degree of the general degree-seven polynomial ↑ 183
79. Hilbert’s sixteenth problem, second part ↓ 40
80. Graph reconstruction conjecture ↑ 242
81. Singmaster’s conjecture on Pascal’s triangle ↑*
82. Exponential Time Hypothesis for 3-SAT ↓ 40
83. Irrationality of Catalan’s constant ↑ 339
84. Borel’s normal number conjecture for irrational algebraic numbers ↑ 54
85. Finite projective planes of non-prime-power orders ↑ 308
86. Fermat–Catalan conjecture ↑ 172
87. Convergence of the Flint Hills series ↑*
88. Existence of an odd weird number ↑*
89. Maximum packing density of regular tetrahedra ↑*
90. Exact exponential growth constant of cap sets in F₃ⁿ ↑*
91. Invariant subspace problem for Hilbert-space operators ↑ 14
92. Fejes Tóth’s sausage conjecture ↑*
93. Cramér’s conjecture on the limsup of normalized prime gaps ↑ 61
94. Kobon triangle problem ↑*
95. Four-distance problem for the unit square ↑*
96. Artin’s primitive root conjecture ↑ 96
97. Tammes problem: optimal spherical packing for general N ↑*
98. Extended Riemann Hypothesis for Dedekind zeta functions ↓ 88
99. Ringel–Kotzig graceful tree conjecture ↑*
100. Global Langlands functoriality conjecture ↓ 93
Fable 5.1 and GPT-6 Astra judged 3,791 distinct pairs using shared evidence, including reviewed public sources and Wikipedia page-view data. Includes theoretical computer science and mathematical physics.
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