Open problems in Number Theory
Every Number Theory problem in the Math Lab index — 6 in all. Each carries a precise statement, an honest status (open means open), and a concrete plan for throwing compute or tokens at it.
Halve n if even, map n to 3n + 1 if odd, repeat. The conjecture: every positive integer eventually reaches 1.
If a complex polynomial of degree n shares a root with each of its derivatives P′, P″, …, P^(n−1), then it must be c(x − a)^n — a power of a single linear factor.
A Hadamard matrix — a ±1 matrix with pairwise orthogonal rows — exists for every order divisible by 4.
Is there a gap above 1 in Mahler measures of integer polynomials? Lehmer's degree-10 polynomial has measure ≈ 1.176280818; the question is whether any non-cyclotomic integer polynomial does better.