Unsolved Problems
General References
The following books contain unsolved problems or
are referenced
by the unsolved problem of the week.
Especially rich are
[Croft 1991],
[Guy 1994] and
[Klee 1991].
- [Beiler 1966]
- Albert H. Beiler,
Recreations in the Theory of Numbers:
The Queen of Mathematics Entertain.
2nd edition.
Dover. New York: 1966.
- [Bondy 1976]
- J. A. Bondy and U. S. R. Murty,
Graph Theory with Applications.
North Holland. New York: 1976.
- [Boroczky 1987]
- K. Böröczky and G. Fejes Tóth,
Intuitive Geometry.
North-Holland Publishing Company. New York: 1987.
- [Croft 1991]
- Hallard T. Croft, Kenneth J. Falconer, and Richard K. Guy,
Unsolved Problems in Geometry.
Springer-Verlag. New York: 1991.
- [Dudeney 1970]
- H. E. Dudeney,
Amusements in Mathematics.
Dover. New York: 1970.
- [Dunham 1990]
- William Dunham,
Journey Through Genius:
The Great Theorems of Mathematics.
John Wiley and Sons. New York: 1990.
- [Erdos 1980]
- Paul Erdös and Ronald L. Graham,
Old and New Problems and Results
in Combinatorial Number Theory.
L'Enseignement Mathématique. Geneva, Switzerland: 1980.
- [Gardner 1978]
- Martin Gardner,
Mathematical Magic Show.
Vintage Books. New York: 1978.
- [Gardner 1983]
- Martin Gardner,
Wheels, Life, and Other Mathematical Amusements.
W. H. Freeman. New York: 1983.
- [Gardner 1986]
- Martin Gardner,
Knotted Doughnuts and other Mathematical Entertainments.
W. H. Freeman. New York: 1986.
- [Graham 1989]
- Ronald L. Graham, Donald E. Knuth, and Oren Patashnik,
Concrete Mathematics:
A Foundation for Computer Science.
Addison-Wesley Publishing Company. Reading, MA: 1989.
- [Guy 1994]
- Richard K. Guy,
Unsolved Problems in Number Theory, second edition.
Springer Verlag. New York: 1994.
- [Hammer 1978]
- J. Hammer,
Unsolved Problems Concerning Lattice Points.
Pitman. London: 1978.
- [Klee 1991]
- Victor Klee and Stan Wagon,
Old and New Unsolved Problems
in Plane Geometry and Number Theory.
Mathematical Association of America. Washington, DC: 1991.
- [Lay 1982]
- Steven R. Lay,
Convex Sets and their Applications.
John Wiley and Sons. New York: 1982.
- [Mauldin 1981]
- R. Daniel Mauldin,
The Scottish Book:
Mathematics from the Scottish Café.
Birkhäuser. Boston: 1981.
- [Meschkowski 1966]
- Herbert Meschkowski,
Unsolved and Unsolvable Problems in Geometry.
Frederick Ungar Publishing Co. New York: 1966.
- [Ogilvy 1972]
- C. Stanley Ogilvy,
Tomorrow's Math: Unsolved Problems for the Amateur.
2nd edition.
Oxford University Press. New York: 1972.
- [Ogilvy 1988]
- C. Stanley Ogilvy and John T. Anderson,
Excursions in Number Theory.
Dover. New York: 1988.
- [Rademacher 1957]
- Hans Rademacher and Otto Toeplitz,
The Enjoyment of Mathematics.
Princeton University Press. New Jersey: 1957.
- [Ribenboim 1988]
- Paulo Ribenboim,
The Book of Prime Number Records.
Springer-Verlag. New York: 1988.
- [Ribenboim 1994]
- Paulo Ribenboim,
Catalin's Conjecture.
Academic Press. Boston: 1994.
- [Robbins 1993]
- Neville Robbins,
Beginning Number Theory.
Wm. C. Brown Publishers. Dubuque, Iowa: 1993.
Appendix A.
- [Shanks 1985]
- Daniel Shanks,
Solved and Unsolved Problems in Number Theory.
Chelsea Publishing Company. New York: 1985.
- [Sierpinski 1964]
- Waclaw Sierpinski,
A Selection of Problems in the Theory of Numbers.
Pergamon Press. New York: 1964.
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