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Many mathematical problems have been stated but not yet solved. These problems come from many areas of mathematics, such as theoretical physics, computer science, algebra, analysis, combinatorics, algebraic, differential, discrete and Euclidean geometries, graph theory, group theory, model theory, number theory, set theory, Ramsey theory, dynamical systems, and partial differential equations.
Hilbert's problems ranged greatly in topic and precision. Some of them, like the 3rd problem, which was the first to be solved, or the 8th problem (the Riemann hypothesis), which still remains unresolved, were presented precisely enough to enable a clear affirmative or negative answer. For other problems, such as the 5th, experts have ...
t. e. The Millennium Prize Problems are seven well-known complex mathematical problems selected by the Clay Mathematics Institute in 2000. The Clay Institute has pledged a US$ 1 million prize for the first correct solution to each problem. The Clay Mathematics Institute officially designated the title Millennium Problem for the seven unsolved ...
Problem II.8 of the Arithmetica asks how a given square number is split into two other squares; in other words, for a given rational number k, find rational numbers u and v such that k 2 = u 2 + v 2. Diophantus shows how to solve this sum-of-squares problem for k = 4 (the solutions being u = 16/5 and v = 12/5 ).
The maximum independent set problem is NP-hard. However, it can be solved more efficiently than the O(n 2 2 n) time that would be given by a naive brute force algorithm that examines every vertex subset and checks whether it is an independent set. As of 2017 it can be solved in time O(1.1996 n) using polynomial space. [9]
Art gallery problem. The art gallery problem or museum problem is a well-studied visibility problem in computational geometry. It originates from the following real-world problem: "In an art gallery, what is the minimum number of guards who together can observe the whole gallery?" In the geometric version of the problem, the layout of the art ...
The set cover problem is a classical question in combinatorics, computer science, operations research, and complexity theory. Given a set of elements {1, 2, …, n} , (henceforth referred to as the universe, specifying all possible elements under consideration) and a collection, referred to as S, of a given m subsets whose union equals the ...
The set of NP-complete problems is often denoted by NP-C or NPC. Although a solution to an NP-complete problem can be verified "quickly", there is no known way to find a solution quickly. That is, the time required to solve the problem using any currently known algorithm increases rapidly as the size of