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Hilbert's Mathematical Problems

Table of contents

(The actual text is on a separate page.)

(Philosophy of problems, relationship between mathematics and science, role of proofs,

Introduction.
axioms and formalism.)

Problem 1. Cantor's problem of the cardinal number K. Gödel. The consistency of the axiom of
of the continuum. (The continuum choice and of the generalized continuum
hypothesis.) hypothesis. Princeton Univ. Press,
Princeton, 1940.

Problem 2. The compatibility of the arithmetical axioms.

Problem 3. The equality of two volumes of two V. G. Boltianskii. Hilbert's Third Problem
tetrahedra of equal bases and equal Winston, Halsted Press, Washington, New
altitudes. York, 1978.

C. H. Sah. Hilbert's Third Problem:

Scissors Congruence. Pitman, London
1979.

Problem 4. Problem of the straight line as the shortest distance between two points. (Alternative
geometries.)

Problem 5. Lie's concept of a continuous group of Montgomery and Zippin. Topological

transformations without the assumption of Transformation Groups. Wiley, New York,
the differentiability of the functions 1955.
defining the group. (Are continuous groups
Kaplansky. Lie Algebras and Locally
 automatically differential groups?) Compact Groups. Chicago Univ. Press,
Chicago, 1971.
Problem 6. Mathematical treatment of the axioms of Leo Corry's article "Hilbert and the
physics. Axiomatization of Physics (1894-1905)" in
the research journal Archive for History of
Exact Sciences, 51 (1997).

Problem 7. Irrationality and transcendence of certain N.I.Feldman. Hilbert's seventh problem (in
numbers. Russian), Moscow state Univ, 1982,
312pp. MR 85b:11001

Problem 8. Problems of prime numbers. (The distribution of primes and the Riemann hypothesis.)

Problem 9. Proof of the most general law of reciprocity in any number field.

Problem 10. Determination of the solvability of a S. Chowla. The Riemann Hypothesis and
diophantine equation. Hilbert's Tenth Problem. Gordon and
Breach, New York, 1965.

Maxim Vsemirnov's Hilbert's Tenth Yu. V. Matiyasevich. Hilbert's Tenth

Problem page at the Steklov Institute of Problem. MIT Press, Cambridge,
Mathematics at St.Petersburg. Massachusetts,1993, available on the
web.
Problem 11. Quadratic forms with any algebraic numerical coefficients.

Problem 12. Extension of Kroneker's theorem on R.-P. Holzapfel. The Ball and Some Hilbert
abelian fields to any algebraic realm of Problems. Springer-Verlag, New York,
rationality. 1995.

Problem 13. Impossibility of the solution of the general equation of the 7-th degree by means of
functions of only two arguments. (Generalizes the impossibility of solving 5-th degree
equations by radicals.)

Problem 14. Proof of the finiteness of certain complete Masayoshi Nagata. Lectures on the
systems of functions. fourteenth problem of Hilbert. Tata
Institute of Fundamental Research,
Bombay, 1965.
Problem 15. Rigorous foundation of Schubert's enumerative calculus.

Problem 16. Problem of the topology of algebraic Yu. Ilyashenko, and S. Yakovenko, editors.
curves and surfaces. Concerning the Hilbert 16th problem.
American Mathematical Society,
Providence, R.I., 1995.

B.L.J. Braaksma, G.K. Immink, and M.

van der Put, editors. The Stokes
Phenomenon and Hilbert's 16th
Problem. World Scientific, London,
1996.
Problem 17. Expression of definite forms by squares.

Problem 18. Building up of space from congruent polyhedra. (n-dimensional crystallography groups,
fundamental domains, sphere packing problem.)

Comments on the theory of analytic functions.

Problem 19. Are the solutions of regular problems in the calculus of variations always necessarily
analytic?

Problem 20. The general problem of boundary values. (Variational problems.)

Problem 21. Proof of the existence of linear differential equations having a prescribed monodromic
group.

Problem 22. Uniformization of analytic relations by means of automorphic functions.

Problem 23. Further development of the methods of the calculus of variations.

Final
comments.

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