Kakeya Conjecture (3D)
Any set in R³ containing a unit segment in every direction must have Hausdorff dimension 3.
Any set in R³ containing a unit segment in every direction must have Hausdorff dimension 3.
The 'grand unification' connecting number theory, algebraic geometry, and representation theory.
Rigorously derived Euler and Navier-Stokes equations from hard-sphere particle dynamics.
17-year-old found a counterexample to the 40-year-old conjecture about Fourier restriction estimates.
First convex polyhedron (90 vertices) proven to NOT have Rupert's property — cannot pass through itself.
AI broke Strassen's 56-year record for 4×4 matrix multiplication: 48 vs 49 scalar ops.
All nontrivial zeros of the zeta function should lie on the critical line Re(s) = 1/2.
Asks whether every efficiently verifiable solution can also be efficiently found.
Asks whether smooth 3D incompressible fluid flows can develop singularities.
Predicts which cohomology classes on projective varieties come from algebraic cycles.
Relates rational points on elliptic curves to the behavior of their L-functions at s = 1.
Asks for a rigorous quantum Yang-Mills theory with a positive mass gap.
Repeatedly apply n/2 for even n and 3n+1 for odd n; every path should reach 1.
Every even integer greater than 2 should be expressible as a sum of two primes.
Predicts infinitely many prime pairs separated by 2, such as 11 and 13.
Controls how often a + b = c can have c much larger than the radical of abc.
Asks whether there is a set size strictly between the integers and the real numbers.
Every simply connected closed 3-manifold is homeomorphic to the 3-sphere.