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Are These The Top 11 Unsolved Problems in Economics?
One List of Unsolved Economics Problems
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*oods nd they cn ord to p-rchse ll three >A: B: nd ( nd they
choose to "rst p-rchse A: then (: nd then B ' does this s-**est tht the
cons-mer preference for the *oods is A G ( G B? The debte rests on the
fct tht since the cons-mer cn ord ll three *oods nd does not need
to mke preferentil decision: does the order of cons-mption reHect ny
preference?1
TItonnementF The ct of tItonnement plys key role in the form-ltion
of *enerl e;-ilibri-m theory& The clim is tht if n initil contrct does
not led to n e;-ilibri-m: they re ended nd ne% contrcts re
form-lted& )f the initil contrct is not clled o: it %ill likely led to
dierent price system: dependin* on the de*ree of error in the ori*inl
process& The ;-estion is %hether s-ccessive re'contrctin* contin-es %ith
the prties for*ettin* the previo-sly plnned positions tken or %hether
the prties en**e in form of tItonnement to chieve optimlity? 1.ee
AlsoF +ill climbin*nd #lrsin -ction
'nifed "odels o* #uman +iasesF 4eoclssicl economics hs
concentrted on the development of models tht reHect n ideli6ed
economic *ent: sometimes referred to s +omo economic-s: s %y of
st-dyin* economics& )n the period spnnin* the 1JKs to the 1JJs:
reserch be*n to emer*e tht s-**ested tht people %ere s-b5ect to
co*nitive bises s-ch s the frmin* eect: loss version: the *mblers
fllcy: con"rmtion bis: nd mny others& 3-rther: these eects co-ld
prod-ce nomlies s-ch sherd behvioror moment-m
investin*inconsistent %ith economic models tht did not incorporte
h-mn psycholo*icl limittions&C#hile some models hve be*-n to
incl-debo-nded rtionlitynd risk version: s-ch s Prospect Theory:
there still remins to be seen -ni"ed model tht cn mke -sef-l
predictions tht incorportes the entirety of co*nitive bises nd rtionl
limittions in most h-mns&D3-rther: there even e@ists debte s to
%hether it is necessry to incorporte s-ch psycholo*icl limittions into
economic models& #hile some economists insist they re necessry to f-lly
pprecite the comple@ity of the mrket: others still contend tht model
tht incorportes h-mn bises is either -nrelistic or ;-estion its
-sef-lness r*-in* tht model tht doesnt ppro@imte *ents s bein*
perfectly rtionl: %ith the possibility of miniml e@ceptions: is -nlikely tobe s-ccessf-l&D
3inncil economicsedit
Main article: Financial economics
),uit- premium puleF The E;-ity premi-m p-66le is tho-*ht to be one
of the most importnt o-tstndin* ;-estions in neoclssicl economics& 0)t
is fo-nded on the bsis tht over the lst one h-ndred yers or so the
ver*e rel ret-rn to stocks in the U. hs been s-bstntilly hi*her thn
tht of bonds& The p-66le lies in the e@plinin* the c-ses behind this
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e;-ity premi-m& #hile there re n-mber of dierent theories re*rdin*
the p-66le: there still e@ists no de"nitive *reement on its c-se&
/ividend puleF The !ividend p-66le is the empiriclly observed
phenomen tht compnies tht py dividendstend to be re%rded
by investors%ith hi*her vl-tions& At present: there is no e@plntion%idely ccepted by economists&KNJThe Modi*lini'Miller
theorems-**ests tht the p-66le cn >only be e@plined by some
combintion of t@es: bnkr-ptcy costs: mrket ine=ciency >incl-din* tht
d-e to investor psycholo*y: nd symmetric informtion&
Improved +lack0cholesand +inomial Options (ricingmodelsF The
Blck.choles model nd the more *enerl binomil options pricin*
models re collection of e;-tions tht seek to model nd
price e;-itynd cll options& #hile the models re %idely -sed: they hve
mny si*ni"cnt limittions&1(hief mon* them re the models inbility
to cco-nt for historicl mrket movements 11nd their fre;-ent
overpricin* of options: %ith the overpricin* incresin* %ith the time to
mt-rity&1CThe development of model tht cn properly cco-nt for the
pricin* of cll options on n sset %ith stochsticvoltilityis considered n
open problem in "nncil economics&1C
)nterntionl economicsedit
Main article: International economics
#ome bias in trade puleF The home bis in trde p-66le is n
empiricl observtion tht even %hen fctors s-ch s economic si6e of
trdin* prtners nd the distnce bet%een them re considered: trde
bet%een re*ions %ithin *iven co-ntry is s-bstntilly *reter thn trde
bet%een re*ions in dierent co-ntries: even %hen there re no s-bstntil
le*l brriers& There is c-rrently no frme%ork to e@plin this observtion&1D1
),uit- home bias puleF This p-66le concerns the observtion tht
individ-ls nd instit-tions in mny co-ntries only hold modest mo-nts of
forei*n e;-ity: despite the bility for vst diversi"ction of their portfolios
in the *lobl economy&1D#hile some e@plntions do e@ist: s-ch s thtlocl individ-ls nd "rms hve *reter ccess to informtion bo-t locl
"rms nd economic conditions: these e@plntions re not ccepted by the
m5ority of economists nd hve been mostly ref-ted& 10
+ackus12ehoe12-dland puleF The Bck-s'ehoe'ydlnd cons-mption
correltion p-66le is the empiricl observtion tht cons-mption is m-ch
less correlted cross co-ntries thn o-tp-t&1D.tndrd economic theory
s-**ests tht co-ntry'speci"c o-tp-t risks sho-ld be collective nd
domestic cons-mption *ro%th sho-ld not depend stron*ly on co-ntry'
speci"c income shocks& Th-s: %e sho-ld not see the observtion tht
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cons-mption is m-ch less correlted cross co-ntries thn o-tp-tQ nd yet
%e do&11K
!eldstein1#orioka puleF The 3eldstein'+oriok p-66le ori*intes from
n rticle in the 1JNs tht fo-nd tht mon* OE(!co-ntries: ver*es of
lon*'term ntionl svin*s rtes re hi*hly correlted %ith similrver*es of domestic investment rtes& .tndrd economic theory
s-**ests tht in reltively open interntionl "nncil mrkets: the svin*s
of ny co-ntry %o-ld Ho% to co-ntries %ith the most prod-ctive
investment opport-nitiesQ hence: svin* rtes nd domestic investment
rtes %o-ld be -ncorrelted: contrry to the empiricl evidence s-**ested
by Mrtin 3eldsteinnd (hrles +oriok& #hile n-mero-s rticles re*rdin*
the p-66le hve been p-blished: none of the e@plntions p-t forth hve
de;-te empiricl s-pport&1D
((( (uleF The PPP p-66le: considered one of the t%o rel e@chn*e rte
p-66les: concerns the observtion tht rel e@chn*e rtesre both
more voltilend more persistent thn most models %o-ld s-**est& The
only cler %y to -nderstnd this voltility %o-ld be to ssi*n s-bstntil
roles to monetry nd "nncil shocks& +o%ever: if shocks ply s-ch
lr*e role the chllen*e becomes "ndin* %ht so-rce: if one even e@ists:
of nominl ri*iditytht co-ld be so persistent to e@plin the lon*'term
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Epistemolo*yedit
Epistemolo*icl problems re concerned %ith the nt-re: scope nd limittions of
kno%led*e& Epistemolo*ymy lso be described s the st-dy of kno%led*e&
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Main article: ;ettier ro&lem
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Main article: Mathematical structure
#ht re n-mbers: sets: *ro-ps: points: etc&? Are they rel ob5ects or re they
simply reltionships tht necessrily e@ist in ll str-ct-res? Altho-*h mny
disprte vie%s e@ist re*rdin* %ht mthemticl ob5ect is: the disc-ssion
my be ro-*hly prtitioned into t%o opposin* schools of tho-*htF pltonism:%hich sserts tht mthemticl ob5ects re rel: nd formlism: %hich sserts
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Of the seven Millenni-m Pri6e Problemsset by the (ly Mthemtics )nstit-te: si@
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dimensionl PoincrZ con5ect-re is still -nsolved& Tht is: cn fo-r'dimensionl
topolo*icl sphere hve t%o or more ine;-ivlent smooth str-ct-res?
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Other still'-nsolved problemsedit
Additive number theor-edit
Bels con5ect-re
8oldbchs con5ect-re>Proof climed for %ek versionin C1D
The vl-es of '>% nd ;>% in #rin*s problem
(ollt6 con5ect-re>Dn[ 1 con5ect-re
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!iophntine ;-int-ples
8ilbreths con5ect-re
Erd\s con5ect-re on rithmetic pro*ressions
Erd\sT-r]n con5ect-re on dditive bses
Pollock octhedrl n-mbers con5ect-re
Algebraedit
+ilberts si@teenth problem
+dmrd con5ect-re
E@istence of perfect c-boids
Algebraic geometr-edit
AndrZOort con5ect-re
Bss con5ect-re
!eli*ne con5ect-re
3r^ber* con5ect-re
3-5it con5ect-re
+rtshorne con5ect-res
Scobin con5ect-re
Mnin con5ect-re
4ki con5ect-re
$esol-tion of sin*-lrities in chrcteristic p
.tndrd con5ect-res on l*ebric cycles
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Are >the E-lerMscheroni constnt: _[ e: _ ` e: _e: _2e: _e: _aC: __:
e_C: ln_: Ce: ee: (tlns constntor hinchins
constntrtionl: l*ebricirrtionl: ortrnscendentl? #ht isthe irrtionlity mes-reof ech of these n-mbers? 1CD0KN
The hbib-llins con5ect-re on inte*rl ine;-lities
Combinatoricsedit
4-mber of m*ic s;-res>se;-ence A0Cin OE).
3indin* form-l for the probbility tht t%o elements chosen t rndom
*enerte the symmetric *ro-p
3rnkls -nion'closed sets con5ect-reF for ny fmily of sets closed -nder
s-ms there e@ists n element >of the -nderlyin* spce belon*in* to hlf or
more of the sets
The Lonely r-nner con5ect-reF if r-nners %ith pir%ise distinct
speeds r-n ro-nd trck of -nit len*th: %ill every r-nner be tht
is: be t lest distnce from ech other r-nner t some time?
.in*msters con5ect-reF is there "nite -pper bo-nd on the m-ltiplicities
of the entries *reter thn 1 in Pscls trin*le?
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org/wiki/Khabibullin%E2%80%99s_conjecture_on_integral_inequalitieshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combinatoricshttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_unsolved_problems_in_mathematics&action=edit§ion=8http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_squarehttp://oeis.org/A006052http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On-Line_Encyclopedia_of_Integer_Sequenceshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symmetric_grouphttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union-closed_sets_conjecturehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lonely_runner_conjecturehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singmaster's_conjecture 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The 12DC2D con5ect-reF does every "nite prtilly ordered setcontin t%o
elementsxnd-s-ch tht the probbility thtxppers before-in
rndom liner e@tensionis bet%een 12D nd C2D?
/iscrete geometr-edit
.olvin* the +ppy Endin* problemfor rbitrry
3indin* mtchin* -pper nd lo%er bo-nds for 'setsnd hlvin* lines
The +d%i*er con5ect-reon coverin* n'dimensionl conve@ bodies %ith t
most Cnsmller copies
/-namical s-stemedit
3-rstenber*con5ect-re )s every invrint nd er*odicmes-re for
the ction on the circle either Lebes*-e or tomic?
Mr*-liscon5ect-re Mes-re clssi"ction for di*onli6ble ctions in
hi*her'rnk *ro-ps
ML(con5ect-re ' )s the Mndelbrot set loclly connected ?
>raph theor-edit
Brnettes con5ect-retht every c-bic biprtite three'connected plnr
*rph hs +miltonin cycle
The Erd\s8y]rf]s con5ect-reon cycles %ith po%er'of't%o len*ths in c-bic*rphs
The Erd\s+5nl con5ect-reon "ndin* lr*e homo*eneo-s sets in *rphs
%ith forbidden ind-ced s-b*rph
The +d%i*er con5ect-rereltin* colorin* to cli;-e minors
The Erd\s3berLov]s6 con5ect-reon colorin* -nions of cli;-es
The totl colorin* con5ect-re
The list colorin* con5ect-re
The $in*elot6i* con5ect-reon *rcef-l lbelin* of trees
The +d%i*er4elson problemon the chromtic n-mber of -nit distnce
*rphs
!erivin* closed'form e@pression for the percoltion thresholdvl-es:
especilly >s;-re site
T-ttes con5ect-res tht every brid*eless *rph hs no%here'6ero 0'
Ho%nd every brid*eless *rph %itho-t the Petersen *rphs minorhs no%here'6ero 'Ho%
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The $econstr-ction con5ect-rend 4e% di*rph reconstr-ction
con5ect-reconcernin* %hether or not *rph is reco*ni6ble by the verte@
deleted s-b*rphs&
The cycle do-ble cover con5ect-retht every brid*eless *rph hs fmily
of cycles tht incl-des ech ed*e t%ice&
!oes Moore *rph%ith *irth 0 nd de*ree 0K e@ist?
(on%ys thrckle con5ect-re
>roup theor-edit
)s every "nitely presentedperiodic *ro-p"nite?
The inverse 8lois problemF is every "nite *ro-p the 8lois *ro-p of
8lois e@tension of the rtionls?
3or %hich positive inte*ers m: nis the free B-rnside *ro-pB>m:n "nite? )n
prtic-lr: is B>C: 0 "nite?
)s every *ro-p s-r5-nctive?
"odel theor-edit
-*hts con5ect-re
The (herlin'Yilber con5ect-reF A simple *ro-p %hose "rst'order theory
is stblein is simple l*ebric *ro-p over n l*ebriclly closed"eld&
The Min 8p con5ect-re: e&*& for -nco-ntble "rst order theories:
for AE(s: nd for 'st-rted models of co-ntble theory&J
!etermine the str-ct-re of eislers order111
The stble "eld con5ect-reF every in"nite "eld %ith stble"rst'order
theory is seprbly closed&
)s the theory of the "eld of L-rent series over decidble? of the "eld ofpolynomils over ?
>BMTO )s the Borel mondic theory of the rel order decidble? >MT#O )s
the mondic theory of %ell'orderin* consistently decidble? 1C
The .tble 3orkin* (on5ect-re for simple theories1D
3or %hich n-mber "elds does +ilberts tenth problemhold?
Ass-me is the clss of models of co-ntble "rst order theory omittin*
co-ntbly mny types& )f hs model of crdinlity does it hve
model of crdinlity contin--m?1
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)s there lo*ic stisfyin* the interpoltion theorem %hich is compct?10
)f the clss of tomic models of complete "rst order theory
is cte*oriclin the : is it cte*oricl in every crdinl?11K
)s every in"nite: miniml "eld of chrcteristic 6ero l*ebriclly closed?>miniml no proper elementry s-bstr-ct-re
-ekers con5ect-re1N
!oes there e@ist n o'miniml"rst order theory %ith trns'e@ponentil
>rpid *ro%th f-nction?
Lchlns decision problem
!oes "nitely presented homo*eneo-s str-ct-re for "nite reltionl
ln*-*e hve "nitely mny red-cts?
!o the +enson *rphs hve the "nite model property? >e&*& trin*le'free
*rphs
The -niverslity problem for ('free *rphsF 3or %hich "nite sets ( of
*rphs does the clss of ('free co-ntble *rphs hve -niversl member
-nder stron* embeddin*s?1J
The -niverslity spectr-m problemF )s there "rst'order theory %hose
-niverslity spectr-m is minim-m?C
umber theor- Bgeneraledit
a&c con5ect-re>Proof climed in C1C: c-rrently -nder revie%&
Erd\s.tr-s con5ect-re
!o ny odd perfect n-mberse@ist?
Are there in"nitely mny perfect n-mbers?
!o ;-siperfect n-mberse@ist?
!o ny odd %eird n-mberse@ist?
!o ny Lychrel n-mberse@ist?
)s 1 solitry n-mber?
!o nyT@icb>0: C: ne@ist for nG1?
Brocrds problemF e@istence of inte*ers: n:m: s-ch tht n/[1mCother
thn n:0:K
!istrib-tion nd -pper bo-nd of mimic n-mbers
Little%ood con5ect-re
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(on*r-ent n-mber problem> corollry to Birch nd .%innerton'!yer
con5ect-re: perT-nnells theorem
Lehmers totient problemF if >n divides n` 1: m-st nbe prime?
Are there in"nitely mny micble n-mbers?
Are there ny pirs of reltively primemicble n-mbers?
umber theor- Bprime numbersedit
(tlns Mersenne con5ect-re
T%in prime con5ect-re
The 8-ssin motproblemF is it possible to "nd n in"nite se;-ence of
distinct 8-ssin prime n-mbers s-ch tht the dierence bet%een
consec-tive n-mbers in the se;-ence is bo-nded?
Are there in"nitely mny prime ;-dr-plets?
Are there in"nitely mny Mersenne primes>LenstrPomernce#*st
con5ect-reQ e;-ivlently: in"nitely mny even perfect n-mbers?
Are there in"nitely mny #*st primes?
Are there in"nitely mny .ophie 8ermin primes?
Are there in"nitely mny re*-lr primes: nd if so is their reltive
density ?
Are there in"nitely mny (-llen primes?
Are there in"nitely mny #oodll primes?
Are there in"nitely mny plindromic primesin bse 1?
Are there in"nitely mny 3iboncci primes?
Are ll Mersenne n-mbersof prime inde@ s;-re'free?
Are there in"nitely mny #ieferich primes?
Are there for every C in"nitely mny primes p s-ch tht ` 1 1
>modC?C1
(n primestisfy C` 1 1 >modC nd D` 1 1 >modC
sim-ltneo-sly?CC
Are there in"nitely mny #ilson primes?
Are there in"nitely mny #olstenholme primes?
Are there ny #ll.-n.-n primes?
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)s every 3ermt n-mberCCn[ 1 composite for ?
Are ll 3ermt n-mbers s;-re'free?
)s KN:00K the lo%est .ierpigski n-mber?
)s 0J:CD the lo%est $iesel n-mber?
3ort-nes con5ect-re >tht no 3ort-nte n-mberis composite
Poli*ncs con5ect-re
Lnd-s problems
!oes every prime n-mber pper in the E-clidM-llin se;-ence?
!oes the converse of #olstenholmes theoremhold for ll nt-rl
n-mbers?
Elliott+lberstm con5ect-re
(artial diDerential e,uationsedit
$e*-lrity of sol-tions of lsovM@%ell e;-tions
$e*-lrity of sol-tions of E-ler e;-tions
Ramse- theor-edit
The vl-es of the $msey n-mbers: prtic-lrly
The vl-es of the n der #erden n-mbers
et theor-edit
The problem of "ndin* the -ltimte core model: one tht contins ll lr*e
crdinls&
)f is stron* limit crdinl: then Cj 1>see .in*-lr crdinls
hypothesis& The best bo-nd: : %s obtined by .helh-sin* his pcf
theory&
#oodins'hypothesis&
!oes the consistencyof the e@istence of stron*ly compct crdinlimply
the consistent e@istence of s-percompct crdinl?
>#oodin !oes the 8enerli6ed (ontin--m +ypothesisbelo% stron*ly
compct crdinlimply the 8enerli6ed (ontin--m
+ypothesisevery%here?
!oes there e@ist Sonsson l*ebron ?
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#itho-t ss-min* the @iom of choice: cn nontrivil elementry
embeddin*e@ist?
)s it consistent tht ? >This problem %s solved in C1C preprint by
Mlliris nd .helh:CD%ho sho%ed tht is theorem of Y3(&
!oes the 8enerli6ed (ontin--m +ypothesisentil for
every sin*-lr crdinl ?
Otheredit
)nvrint s-bspce problem
Problems in Ltin s;-res
Problems in loop theory nd ;-si*ro-p theory
!i@mier con5ect-re
B-m(onnes con5ect-re
8enerli6ed str hei*ht problem
Assorted sphere pckin*problems: e&*& the densest irre*-lr hypersphere
pckin*s
(losed c-rve problemF 3ind >e@plicit necessry nd s-=cient conditions
tht determine %hen: *iven t%o periodic f-nctions %ith the sme period:the inte*rl c-rve is closed&C
Toeplit6 con5ect-re>open since 1J11
ee also: List of con>ectures
Problems solved recentlyedit
8romovsproblem on distortion of knots>Sohn Prdon: C11
(irc-lr l%>Terence Tond n +& -: C1
+irsch con5ect-re>3rncisco .ntos Lel: C1C0
.erres mod-lrity con5ect-re>(hndrshekhr hrendSen'Pierre
#intenber*er: CNC
+etero*eneo-s tilin* con5ect-re >s;-rin* the plne>3rederick & +enle
nd Smes M& +enle: CK
$od colorin* con5ect-re>Avrhm Trhtmn: CK
The An*el problem>rio-s independent proofs: C
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