I often peruse through Guy's book whenever I'm not being boggled down by my research. It crossed my mind today if any of these "unsolved problems" have become indeed solved. I thought about doing a literature review to find out, but I realised that posting this question here is a much more a efficient way of finding the current status of these problems. I'm also open to finding out about any recent breakthroughs concerning said problems.
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4$\begingroup$ This question is way too broad. $\endgroup$– user9072Commented Sep 29, 2015 at 19:33
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13$\begingroup$ What if the question was reworded as "which open problems from Guy's book have since been solved?", and the post made community wiki? $\endgroup$– R.P.Commented Sep 29, 2015 at 19:38
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4$\begingroup$ @GerhardPaseman: Why would anyone solving a problem cite Guy's book? -- For most problems it is not the original source, and people might not even know that that book also contains the problem they have solved. $\endgroup$– Stefan Kohl ♦Commented Sep 29, 2015 at 22:20
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1$\begingroup$ The review of (the 3rd edition of) the book at MathSciNet says the book is mentioned in the references of 189 other reviews, and in the body of 13 reviews. $\endgroup$– Gerry MyersonCommented Sep 30, 2015 at 3:14
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2$\begingroup$ I'm really unsure as to why this question was marked as too broad. I just want a binary answer (yes/no?) and a bit of exposition on the progress on the current status of a given problem. Guy's book isn't even that big. There's even a lot more to be gained from having this available on MathOverflow. $\endgroup$– user119264Commented Sep 30, 2015 at 15:22
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