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At the 1900 International Congress of Mathematics in Paris, David Hilbert presented 23 problems he considered to be of paramount importance for the future development of mathematics.

  1. Cantor's continuum hypothesis
  2. Consistency of arithmetic axioms
  3. Polyhedral assembly from polyhedron of equal volume (solved in YEAR GOES HERE)
  4. Constructibility of metrics by geodesics
  5. Existence of topological groups as manifolds that are not differential groups (solved in YEAR GOES HERE)
  6. Axiomatization of physics
  7. Genfold-Schneider theorem
  8. Riemann hypothesis
  9. Algebraic number field reciprocity theorem
  10. Matiyasevich's theorem Solved
  11. Quadratic form solution with algebraic numerical coefficients
  12. Extension of Kronecker's theorem to other number fields
  13. Solution of 7th degree equations with 2-parameter functions
  14. Proof of finiteness of complete systems of functions
  15. Schubert's enumerative calculus
  16. Problem of the topology of algebraic curves and surfaces
  17. Problem related to quadratic forms
  18. Existence of space-filling polyhedron and densest sphere packing
  19. Existence of Lagrangian solution that is not analytic
  20. Solvability of variational problems with boundary conditions
  21. Existence of linear differential equations with monodromic group
  22. Uniformization of analytic relations
  23. Calculus of variations