Maths Problems Thread
#1
As requested by RCJD, here's a problems thread for everyone to contribute to. When you post a new question in the thread give it a number so we can keep track of them or this will get chaotic.

#1 (easy): Prove there are no Pythagorean triplets (a, b, c) such that a b and c are all primes.

#2 (easy): Prove by construction that Q is dense in R. That is, for any real numbers x and x' (with x < x') find a fraction a/b with x < a/b < x' (a and b are integers, b is non-zero).

#3 (medium, requires programming): Find the number of squarefree numbers less than [Image: png.latex?10%5E%7B12%7D].

#4 (medium, requires programming): How many primes are there less than 123456789109?

#5 (medium): Find all solutions to [Image: png.latex?x%5Ey=y%5Ex] with x and y positive integers.
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Messages In This Thread
Maths Problems Thread - by Roflcopter - 24 May 12, 09:23AM
RE: Maths Problems Thread - by Marti - 24 May 12, 03:40PM
RE: Maths Problems Thread - by Habluka - 24 May 12, 04:39PM
RE: Maths Problems Thread - by Roflcopter - 24 May 12, 04:54PM
RE: Maths Problems Thread - by Mael - 24 May 12, 05:19PM
RE: Maths Problems Thread - by Roflcopter - 24 May 12, 05:50PM
RE: Maths Problems Thread - by tempest - 24 May 12, 05:38PM
RE: Maths Problems Thread - by Cemer - 24 May 12, 05:49PM
RE: Maths Problems Thread - by Flames - 24 May 12, 06:19PM
RE: Maths Problems Thread - by Roflcopter - 24 May 12, 06:39PM
RE: Maths Problems Thread - by RCJD - 25 May 12, 04:49AM
RE: Maths Problems Thread - by Flames - 25 May 12, 05:30AM
RE: Maths Problems Thread - by Roflcopter - 25 May 12, 08:28AM
RE: Maths Problems Thread - by jamz - 25 May 12, 08:23AM
RE: Maths Problems Thread - by Flames - 25 May 12, 09:50AM
RE: Maths Problems Thread - by Roflcopter - 26 May 12, 11:48PM
RE: Maths Problems Thread - by Mystered - 27 May 12, 12:15AM
RE: Maths Problems Thread - by Roflcopter - 27 May 12, 12:38AM
RE: Maths Problems Thread - by RCJD - 27 May 12, 01:51AM
RE: Maths Problems Thread - by Flames - 27 May 12, 04:10AM
RE: Maths Problems Thread - by RCJD - 27 May 12, 07:11PM
RE: Maths Problems Thread - by D1551D3N7 - 28 May 12, 12:05AM