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What is the Oldest Unsolved Math Problem?

evilquaker asks: "After finding a reference to the (still open) odd perfect number problem, which is claimed to date back to Euclid, I wondered: what are the oldest unsolved math problems? The folklore answer is that the odd perfect number problem is the only one posed by the Greeks which is still open. However, it seems there is some doubt as to whether Euclid actually wondered about odd perfect numbers. Further, there's a claim that the twin primes conjecture dates back to the Greeks. So what's the oldest documented still-open math problem? Perhaps something about Fibonacci numbers?"

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  1. Re:Chicken or the egg by ObviousGuy · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    The egg.

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