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One problem which I think is mentioned in Guy's book is the integer block problem: does there exist a cuboid (aka "brick") where the width, height, breadth, length of diagonals on each face, and the length of the main diagonal are all integers?

update 2012-07-12 Since the question has returned to the front page, I'm taking the liberty to add some links that I found after Scott Carnahan's comments. (Scott deserves the credit, really, but I thought the links belonged in the answer rather than in the comments.)

• On perfect cuboids, by Ronald van Luijk, master thesis, 2000.

• The surface parametrizing cuboids, by Michael Stoll and Damiano Testa, arXiv.org:1009.0388.

One problem which I think is mentioned in Guy's book is the integer block problem: does there exist a cuboid (aka "brick") where the width, height, breadth, length of diagonals on each face, and the length of the main diagonal are all integers?

update 2012-07-12 Since the question has returned to the front page, I'm taking the liberty to add some links that I found after Scott Carnahan's comments. (Scott deserves the credit, really, but I thought the links belonged in the answer rather than in the comments.)

• On perfect cuboids, by Ronald van Luijk, master thesis, 2000.

• The surface parametrizing cuboids, by Michael Stoll and Damiano Testa, arXiv.org:1009.0388.

One problem which I think is mentioned in Guy's book is the integer block problem: does there exist a cuboid (aka "brick") where the width, height, breadth, length of diagonals on each face, and the length of the main diagonal are all integers?

update 2012-07-12 Since the question has returned to the front page, I'm taking the liberty to add some links that I found after Scott Carnahan's comments. (Scott deserves the credit, really, but I thought the links belonged in the answer rather than in the comments.)

• On perfect cuboids, by Ronald van Luijk, undergraduate thesis, 2000.

• The surface parametrizing cuboids, by Michael Stoll and Damiano Testa, arXiv.org:1009.0388.

One problem which I think is mentioned in Guy's book is the integer block problem: does there exist a cuboid (aka "brick") where the width, height, breadth, length of diagonals on each face, and the length of the main diagonal are all integers?

update 2012-07-12 Since the question has returned to the front page, I'm taking the liberty to add some links that I found after Scott Carnahan's comments. (Scott deserves the credit, really, but I thought the links belonged in the answer rather than in the comments.)

• On perfect cuboids, by Ronald van Luijk, master thesis, 2000.

• The surface parametrizing cuboids, by Michael Stoll and Damiano Testa, arXiv.org:1009.0388.

One problem which I think is mentioned in Guy's book is the integer block problem: does there exist a cuboid (aka "brick") where the width, height, breadth, length of diagonals on each face, and the length of the main diagonal are all integers?

update 2012-07-12 Since the question has returned to the front page, I'm taking the liberty to add some links that I found after Scott Carnahan's comments. (Scott deserves the credit, really, but I thought the links belonged in the answer rather than in the comments.)

• van Luijk's undergraduate thesis

• arXiv 1009.0388 by two other authors

One problem which I think is mentioned in Guy's book is the integer block problem: does there exist a cuboid (aka "brick") where the width, height, breadth, length of diagonals on each face, and the length of the main diagonal are all integers?

update 2012-07-12 Since the question has returned to the front page, I'm taking the liberty to add some links that I found after Scott Carnahan's comments. (Scott deserves the credit, really, but I thought the links belonged in the answer rather than in the comments.)

• On perfect cuboids, by Ronald van Luijk, undergraduate thesis, 2000.

• The surface parametrizing cuboids, by Michael Stoll and Damiano Testa, arXiv.org:1009.0388.