| In 1900,I made a lecture at the International Congress of Mathematicians at Paris. And I collected 23 mathematical problems in my lecture.I think these mathematical
 problems will  promote the progress of mathematics!So,I decided to mention them at
 your BBS.
 1. Cantor's problem of the cardinal number of the continuum
 2. The compatibility of the arithmetical axioms
 3. The equality of two volumes of two tetrahedra of equal bases and equal altitudes
 4. Problem of the straight line as the shortest distance between two points
 5. Lie's concept of a continuous group of transformations without the assumption of
 the differentiability of the functions defining the group
 6. Mathematical treatment of the axioms of physics
 7. Irrationality and transcendence of certain numbers
 8. Problems of prime numbers
 9. Proof of the most general law of reciprocity in any number field
 10. Determination of the solvability of a diophantine equation
 11. Quadratic forms with any algebraic numerical coefficients
 12. Extension of Kroneker's theorem on abelian fields to any algebraic realm of
 rationality
 13. Impossibility of the solution of the general equation of the 7-th degree by
 means of functions of only two arguments
 14. Proof of the finiteness of certain complete systems of functions
 15. Rigorous foundation of Schubert's enumerative calculus
 16. Problem of the topology of algebraic curves and surfaces
 17. Expression of definite forms by squares
 18. Building up of space from congruent polyhedra
 19. Are the solutions of regular problems in the calculus of variations always
 necessarily analytic?
 20. The general problem of boundary values
 21. Proof of the existence of linear differential equations having a prescribed
 monodromic group
 22. Uniformization of analytic relations by means of automorphic functions
 23. Further development of the methods of the calculus of variations
 
 You can visit "Hilbert's Mathematical Problems"to get the original text.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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