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Problems in optimization and geometric probability are discussed, all connected with angles subtended at an observer's eye by an object at a distance. Several of these remain unsolved.

History and Overview · Mathematics 2018-12-11 Steven R. Finch

In this text, we wish to provide the reader with a short guide to recent works on the theory of dilatations in Commutative Algebra and Algebraic Geometry. These works fall naturally into two categories: one emphasises foundational and…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2024-07-31 Adrien Dubouloz , Arnaud Mayeux , João Pedro dos Santos

We collect some open problems about minimal presentations of numerical semigroups and, more generally, about defining ideals and free resolutions of their semigroup rings and associated graded rings. We emphasize both long-standing problems…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-05-27 Alessio Moscariello , Alessio Sammartano

We survey recent developments in the theory of achievement sets and present a substantial collection of open problems.

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2025-12-22 Szymon Głąb , Franciszek Prus-Wiśniowski

This paper is a survey paper on old and recent results on direction problems in finite dimensional affine spaces over a finite field.

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2014-09-25 Jan De Beule

We give a light introduction to selection principles in topology, a young subfield of infinite-combinatorial topology. Emphasis is put on the modern approach to the problems it deals with. Recent results are described, and open problems are…

General Topology · Mathematics 2010-11-02 Boaz Tsaban

We survey some of the major open problems involving selection principles, diagonalizations, and covering properties in topology and infinite combinatorics. Background details, definitions and motivations are also provided.

General Topology · Mathematics 2010-11-02 Boaz Tsaban

This document is an exposition of an assortment of open problems arising from the exact enumeration of (perfect) matchings of finite graphs. Roughly half have been solved at the time of this writing; see the document "Twenty Open Problems…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2007-05-23 James Propp

This book consists of material originally appearing in the Problem Section of the journal Topology Proceedings since 1976 as well as some other well-known problem lists in general topology from the 1970's that have some connection to the…

General Topology · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Elliott Pearl

This is an update on, and expansion of, our paper Open problems on $\beta\omega$ in the book Open Problems in Topology.

General Topology · Mathematics 2024-10-23 Klaas Pieter Hart , Jan van Mill

Symmetries and reductions of some algebraic equations are considered. Transformations that preserve the form of several algebraic equations, as well as transformations that reduce the degree of these equations, are described. Illustrative…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-07-26 Inna K. Shingareva , Andrei D. Polyanin

In these talks, I discuss a few selected topics in integrable models that are of interest from various points of view. Some open questions are also described.

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2017-08-23 Ashok Das

The purpose of this note is to give an exposition of some interesting combinatorics and convex geometry concepts that appear in algebraic geometry in relation to counting the number of solutions of a system of polynomial equations in…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2018-03-20 Kiumars Kaveh , A. G. Khovanskii

We assess the computational complexity of several decision problems concerning (Murray-von Neumann) equivalence classes of projections of AF-algebras whose Elliott classifier is lattice-ordered. We construct polytime reductions among many…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2021-04-30 Daniele Mundici

A novel approach is introduced to a very widely occurring problem, providing a complete, explicit resolution of it: minimisation of a convex quadratic under a general quadratic, equality or inequality, constraint. Completeness comes via…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-07-21 Casper Albers , Frank Critchley , John Gower

We propose a list of open problems in numerical semigroups.

Commutative Algebra · Mathematics 2013-04-25 Manuel Delgado , Pedro A. Garcia-Sanchez , José C. Rosales

A list of the problems presented on August 12, 2002 at the open-problem session of the 14th Canadian Conference on Computational Geometry held in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2007-05-23 Erik D. Demaine , Joseph O'Rourke

This note is based on the plenary talk given by the second author at MACIS 2015, the Sixth International Conference on Mathematical Aspects of Computer and Information Sciences. Motivated by some of the work done within the Priority…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2019-08-15 Janko Boehm , Wolfram Decker , Simon Keicher , Yue Ren

We investigate the iterative methods proposed by Maz'ya and Kozlov (see [KM1], [KM2]) for solving ill-posed inverse problems modeled by partial differential equations. We consider linear evolutionary problems of elliptic, hyperbolic and…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-12-01 J. Baumeister , A. Leitao

We collect a number of open questions concerning Diophantine equations, Diophantine Approximation and transcendental numbers. Revised version: corrected typos and added references.

Number Theory · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Michel Waldschmidt