Open Conjecture Board

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Open mathematical conjectures, ranked for renown and attackability.

ConjectureSourceRenown AttackabilityStatusClaims
Every graph with minimum degree 3 contains a cycle whose length is a power of 2. Erdős-Gyárfás conjecture (Erdős prize problem) (1995) 4 3 open 0
Determine the minimum order of a connected graph whose line graph has signature t, for each t at least 2. arXiv link pending (2026) 1 4 open 0
Every oriented graph has a vertex whose second out-neighborhood is at least as large as its first. Seymour's second neighborhood conjecture (posed c. 1990; see Dean-Latka) (1990) 4 3 open 0
Sidorenko's conjecture in its smallest unresolved instance: the bipartite graph K(5,5) minus a 10-cycle satisfies the Sidorenko density inequality. Sidorenko's conjecture (smallest open case) (1993) 4 2 open 0
For r-regular graphs (r at least 3), the independent domination number is at most the minimum maximal matching number. Machine-generated conjecture (TxGraffiti program), surveyed in 'In Reverie Together' (2025) (2020) 1 4 open 0
For connected subcubic graphs other than K4, the zero forcing number is at most the independence number plus one. Machine-generated conjecture (TxGraffiti program), surveyed in 'In Reverie Together' (2025) (2017) 1 4 open 0
In any finite union-closed family of sets (other than the empty family), some element belongs to at least half the sets. Union-closed sets conjecture (Frankl) (1979) 5 1 open 0
Domination numbers satisfy γ(G□H) ≥ γ(G)γ(H) for the Cartesian product of any two graphs. Some unsolved problems in graph theory (Vizing) (1968) 5 2 open 0

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