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Open Problems in Mathematics
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Open Problems in Mathematics is a book, edited by John Forbes Nash Jr. and Michael Th. Rassias, published in 2016 by Springer (ISBN 978-3-319-32160-8). The book consists of seventeen expository articles, written by outstanding researchers, on some of the central open problems in the field of mathematics. The book also features an Introduction on John Nash: Theorems and Ideas, by Mikhail Leonidovich Gromov. According to the editors’ Preface, each article is devoted to one open problem or a “constellation of related problems”.cite-ref-1[1]cite-ref-2[2]cite-ref-3[3]cite-ref-4[4]cite-ref-5[5]

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Choice of problems

Nash and Rassias write in the preface of the book that the open problems presented “were chosen for a variety of reasons. Some were chosen for their undoubtable importance and applicability, others because they constitute intriguing curiosities which remain unexplained mysteries on the basis of current knowledge and techniques, and some for more emotional reasons. Additionally, the attribute of a problem having a somewhat vintage flavor was also influential” in their decision process.cite-ref-nash2015-6-0[6]

Table of contents

Preface, by John F. Nash Jr. and Michael Th. Rassias
A Farewell to “A Beautiful Mind and a Beautiful Person”, by Michael Th. Rassias
Introduction, John Nash: Theorems and Ideas, by Mikhail Leonidovich Gromov
From Quantum Systems to L-Functions: Pair Correlation Statistics and Beyond, by Owen Barrett, Frank W. K. Firk, Steven J. Miller, and Caroline Turnage-Butterbaugh
The Generalized Fermat Equation, by Michael Bennett, Preda Mihăilescu, and Samir Siksek
An Essay on the Riemann Hypothesis, by Alain Connes
Navier–Stokes Equations: A Quick Reminder and a Few Remarks, by Peter Constantin
Plateau’s Problem, by Jenny Harrison and Harrison Pugh
How Can Cooperative Game Theory Be Made More Relevant to Economics?: An Open Problem, by Eric Maskin
The Erdős–Szekeres Problem, by Walter Morris and Valeriu Soltan
Goldbach’s Conjectures: A Historical Perspective, by Robert Charles Vaughan

References

cite-note-11. https://www.ams.org/journals/notices/201605/201605FULLISSUE.pdf Open Problems in Mathematics, Notices of the AMS, v.63 No. 5 p. 506, May 2016.
cite-note-22. Open Problems in Mathematics with John Nash, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, 2016.
cite-note-33. citerefnashrassias2016Nash, J. F.; Rassias, M. Th. (2016). Open Problems in Mathematics. Springer, New York.
cite-note-44. citerefzaldiva2016Zaldiva, Felipe (November 7, 2016). "Open Problems in Mathematics (review)". Mathematical Association of America. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
cite-note-55. citerefbultheel2016Bultheel, Adhemar (August 8, 2016). "Review: Open Problems in Mathematics". European Mathematical Society. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
cite-note-nash2015-66. citerefnashrassias2016Nash, J. F.; Rassias, M. Th. (2016). Preface: Open Problems in Mathematics. Springer, New York. pp. v–vi.