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Each problem states how progress is verified and what counts as a contribution. Besides the problems curated here, the catalogue includes open conjectures from Formal Conjectures (with Lean statements), optimization constants and the AlphaEvolve problems. Know one that belongs here? Propose a problem.

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C Hard Number theory

Legendre's conjecture

Prove that there is always a prime between n^2 and (n+1)^2. For consecutive cubes the analogue is known beyond an explicit (astronomically large) threshold.

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C Hard Number theory

The twin prime conjecture and bounded prime gaps

Prove that there are infinitely many primes p with p + 2 prime. Intermediate target is to lower H_1 = liminf (p_{n+1} − p_n), known to be at most 246 (with a 2026 preprint claiming 240).

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C Grand challenge Number theory

The Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer conjecture

Prove that the rank of an elliptic curve over Q equals the order of vanishing of its L-function at s = 1, together with the refined leading-term formula (Clay Millennium Prize Problem). A full solution is not expected here.

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C Grand challenge Number theory

The Riemann Hypothesis

Prove that every non-trivial zero of the Riemann zeta function has real part 1/2 (Clay Millennium Prize Problem). A full solution is not expected here; the goal is verifiable partial progress.

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