kissing-configurations
Search for denser kissing configurations in dimensions 17–21
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Spherical codes and designs
Kissing configurations and spherical t-designs with more points than any known (placeholder)
Unit circles through three of n points
Show that n points in the plane have only o(n²) unit circles passing through three of them; the best construction gives n^{3/2}.
The Thomson problem
Find or prove the minimum-energy arrangements of N electrons on a sphere; optimality is proved only for a few small N.
The Tammes problem and the table of spherical codes
Spread N points on a sphere to maximize the smallest angle: beat an entry of Cohn's table or prove optimality, as for 15 points.
Open据 Kissing numbers and spherical codes (Henry Cohn)，2026-10-20
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No three in line: more than 1.5n points in the n × n grid
Construct, for arbitrarily large n, more than 1.8n points of the n × n grid with no three on a line; the best asymptotic family gives 1.5n.
Spherical designs with few points
Find spherical t-designs on the 2-sphere with fewer points than known and prove they exist; t = 19 and t = 21 are the frontier.
Spreading points evenly: the max-to-min distance ratio
Place n points to minimize the ratio of the largest to the smallest distance; exact values in the plane are known only up to n = 8.
Lebesgue's universal covering problem
Find the least area of a convex shape that covers every planar set of diameter 1, now known to lie between 0.832 and 0.8440936.
Kissing numbers
Improve the bounds on kissing numbers in dimensions up to 48, starting with dimension 5, where 40 ≤ τ(5) ≤ 44.
Open据 Kissing numbers and spherical codes (Henry Cohn)，2026-10-20
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Integer distances in general position
Find 8 or more points in the plane, no three on a line and no four on a circle, with all pairwise distances integers.
The Hirsch conjecture in dimension four
Find a 4-dimensional polytope with n facets whose graph has diameter greater than n − 4, or prove the Hirsch bound in dimension 4.
Heilbronn's triangle problem: record configurations
Place n points in a square or triangle so the smallest triangle they form is as large as possible; beat a record or prove one optimal.
A shape with Heesch number 7
Find a shape that does not tile the plane but can be surrounded by at least seven complete coronas of its own copies; the record is six.
The Erdős–Szekeres happy ending problem
Prove that any 2^{n−2}+1 points in general position in the plane contain a convex n-gon; open from n = 7 on.
Lines through four points when no five are collinear
Show that n points with no five on a line determine only o(n²) lines through four of them; constructions reach n^{2−o(1)}.
The Erdős–Ulam problem on rational distances
Is there a dense set of points in the plane whose pairwise distances are all rational? Expected no, known only conditionally.
Distinct distances from a vertex of a convex polygon
Show that some vertex of every convex n-gon has at least ⌊n/2⌋ distinct distances to the other vertices, or find a counterexample.
Packing equal circles in a square
Pack N equal circles in a unit square with the largest possible radius: beat a Packomania record, or prove optimality for N = 31.
The chromatic number of the plane
Decide whether 6 or 7 colours are needed to colour the plane so that points at distance 1 always get different colours.
Heilbronn's triangle problem
Better configurations for Heilbronn’s triangle problem in the unit square, n = 11–14