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Examples of conjectures that were widely believed to be true but later proved false

asked May 3, 2012 at 14:17

45 votes

2 answers

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Can the fugitive escape?

asked Apr 11, 2021 at 10:52

27 votes

1 answer

965 views

The lion and the zebras

asked Apr 21, 2020 at 14:22

20 votes

3 answers

669 views

Escaping from infinitely many pursuers

asked Jun 11, 2021 at 10:17

19 votes

2 answers

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Intercept the missile

asked Apr 18, 2020 at 9:17

13 votes

0 answers

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What is the asymptotic dynamics of the winning position in this game?

asked Jun 14, 2020 at 11:31

12 votes

1 answer

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Does the base-10 representation of $2^n$ contain all 10 digits for all sufficiently large integers $n$?

asked May 25, 2022 at 4:24

11 votes

0 answers

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Making perpetual motion machine from candy-sharing cats

asked May 17 at 15:27

9 votes

3 answers

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The devil's playground

asked Sep 7, 2021 at 13:46

9 votes

2 answers

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Can the thief escape (from a smooth, simple closed curve)?

asked Oct 5, 2021 at 15:58

9 votes

0 answers

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Can Alice ever fare the worst in this variant of the truel game?

asked May 7, 2020 at 12:22

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The duel problem

asked Sep 13, 2011 at 15:11

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The motorcyclist's challenge

asked Aug 9, 2011 at 7:25

8 votes

0 answers

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The busy Star Guardian

asked Aug 20, 2021 at 7:47

6 votes

1 answer

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The set of largest numbers definable by formulas in different lengths

asked Feb 21, 2017 at 10:01

5 votes

4 answers

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Explicit expression for recursively defined functions

asked Dec 16, 2011 at 14:07

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3 answers

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Zeros of "exponential" function

asked Dec 21, 2011 at 11:43

5 votes

2 answers

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Is there a dominant strategy for this game?

asked Jul 11, 2021 at 8:54

4 votes

2 answers

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The mower's challenge

asked Apr 24, 2022 at 13:47

4 votes

1 answer

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$f_{\epsilon_0}$ and provably total functions in $PA$

asked Feb 25, 2017 at 9:32

4 votes

2 answers

727 views

Uniqueness of equilibrium from infinite strategies

asked Mar 7, 2012 at 14:44

3 votes

2 answers

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Truel extended to n persons

asked Aug 3, 2011 at 16:51

2 votes

3 answers

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${2}^{p}+{3}^{p}={a}^{n}$ , then n=1 for any p ?

asked Jun 27, 2011 at 11:59

2 votes

0 answers

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Can you escape from two lions in a closed arena?

asked Apr 8, 2022 at 16:25

1 vote

1 answer

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Is there an equilibrium for this non-zero-sum game?

asked Jul 21, 2021 at 14:32

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1 answer

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Conditional probability and independence

asked Mar 19, 2012 at 11:08

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1 answer

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Brinksmanship: how to achieve the best outcome by a single statement [closed]

asked May 19, 2020 at 2:45

1 vote

1 answer

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Is TA (true arithmetic) interpretable in a recursively axiomatizable theory?

asked Jul 5, 2020 at 8:39

0 votes

1 answer

390 views

Zermelo's stone game in 3 dimensional space

asked Aug 3, 2011 at 12:34

0 votes

1 answer

315 views

Modulo dynamics on [0,1)

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31 Questions

Examples of conjectures that were widely believed to be true but later proved false

Can the fugitive escape?

The lion and the zebras

Escaping from infinitely many pursuers

Intercept the missile

What is the asymptotic dynamics of the winning position in this game?

Does the base-10 representation of $2^n$ contain all 10 digits for all sufficiently large integers $n$?

Making perpetual motion machine from candy-sharing cats

The devil's playground

Can the thief escape (from a smooth, simple closed curve)?

Can Alice ever fare the worst in this variant of the truel game?

The duel problem

The motorcyclist's challenge

The busy Star Guardian

The set of largest numbers definable by formulas in different lengths

Explicit expression for recursively defined functions

Zeros of "exponential" function

Is there a dominant strategy for this game?

The mower's challenge

$f_{\epsilon_0}$ and provably total functions in $PA$

Uniqueness of equilibrium from infinite strategies

Truel extended to n persons

${2}^{p}+{3}^{p}={a}^{n}$ , then n=1 for any p ?

Can you escape from two lions in a closed arena?

Is there an equilibrium for this non-zero-sum game?

Conditional probability and independence

Brinksmanship: how to achieve the best outcome by a single statement [closed]

Is TA (true arithmetic) interpretable in a recursively axiomatizable theory?

Zermelo's stone game in 3 dimensional space

Modulo dynamics on [0,1)