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Erdős Problem #856

Identifies the exponent as a variational sunflower-capacity constant, sharpening the Tang-Zhang bounds; the value of that constant itself remains open, as does site acceptance

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number-theoryApr 15, 2026Significance 10/100Registry: unreviewed

Erdős Problem #856

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Identifies the exponent as a variational sunflower-capacity constant, sharpening the Tang-Zhang bounds; the value of that constant itself remains open, as does site acceptance

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Identifies the exponent as a variational sunflower-capacity constant, sharpening the Tang-Zhang bounds; the value of that constant itself remains open, as does site acceptance

Identifies the exponent as a variational sunflower-capacity constant, sharpening the Tang-Zhang bounds; the value of that constant itself remains open, as does site acceptance

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Erdős Problem #856 — Mathematical Frontier Network