Open research questions in Advanced Algebra and Logic
150 gap statements mined from Advanced Algebra and Logic papers in our 4.5M-paper local library, which holds 938 papers on the topic — drawn mostly from each paper's own stated research gap, future-work, challenge and limitation notes, and its abstract. The ones listed below are a selection still marked open; each names the study that raised it, with a DOI link where the paper has one.
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What the literature leaves open
The paper addresses this gap by counting lattices with five reducible elements.
The realization of ℵ0-monoids is an open problem. There is a lack of understanding of the relationship between ℵ0-monoids and hereditary Von Neumann regular rings.
Open Problem 1 Are there other families of skew PDSs which can be constructed using unions of cyclotomic classes in Fq? Open Problem 2 Do there exist skew PDSs of types other than Latin square and Paley type - for example, of negative Latin square type? Open Problem 3 We have seen constructions of skew PDSs using bent partitions and cyclotomy.
Cyclotomic skew partial difference sets and partial difference families · 2026The lack of understanding of the algebraic properties of the asymptotic dynamics of finite-dimensional open quantum systems. The need for a generalization of the results to Schwarz maps.
It notes that the potential contributions of quasi-set theory to logic are unclear.
One of the obvious future directions would be to identify the igSPT phases for Rep(H8). This would allow us to discover more fusion categorical anomaly resolutions. Finally, as emphasized in the introduction the story of anomaly resolution and trivially acting symmetries fits nicely in the framework of renormalization group flows.
The lack of a theoretical foundation for IndetermSoft Sets. The need for defined operations for IndetermSoft Sets.
The eight open questions that the original manuscript left standing have been closed through catalog data, crystal tier census, and algebraic closure operations (§VIII).
Pilitowska 7 Questions and remarks In this section, we focus on some open problems and suggest some other APA classes that could be investigated. We do this since the easy computation will reveal a class of APAs that could be studied.
The construction is limited to the context of set theory and algebra. The paper does not provide a physical interpretation of the results. The construction is based on the ZFC axioms, which may not be universally accepted.
The paper identifies a need for a reference for definitions, theorems, and equations for the AWB.
The decidability of the full theory of a given finitely generated free lattice F n (n ≥ 3) was an open problem. The study of the model theory of free lattices was incomplete.
The paper identifies a need to extend known product results for S4 and D4 to weaker systems.
The conjecture is a long-standing open problem in combinatorics. The proof requires a combination of structural lemmas and exhaustive computation. The computation is limited to frequencies t ≤ 15.
The proof is restricted to the regular class. The computation is limited to frequencies t ≤ 15.
It remained open whether infinite antichains can always be embedded when the many-one degree is nonrecursive and nonirreducible; Odifreddi stated in a survey 1981 and in his book Classical Recursion Theory in the year 1989 this question explicitly as an open problem.
Chains and Antichains inside Many-One Degrees and Variants · 2026Future research may focus on further studying the primitive positive constructability poset and its relation to finite simple groups. The authors' techniques may be applied to other problems in universal algebra and constraint satisfaction. Further research may aim to characterize the lower covers of other structures in the primitive positive constructability poset.
The authors note that the topmost layers of the poset are known to consist of a single element each, but the lower covers of ℙ₁ are not well understood.
The paper does not provide a complete description of complements of maximal sublattices in all semidistributive lattices. The results are limited to certain cases, such as SD lattices and convex geometries of convex dimension 2.
Which of the properties of ∂F acting on ordinals of finite degree remain true if we consider ∂F acting on countable ordinals of degree at least ω? (2) If the finite condensation is replaced by another condensation, and if we define a multiplication of linear orders based on that condensation, what algebraic structures arise?
It notes that pseudomonads are already quite complicated, and lax-idempotent pseudomonads are pseudomonads satisfying further properties.
To explore the implications of the construction for the foundations of mathematics. To investigate potential applications of the construction in algebra and geometry. To extend the construction to include non-standard models.
Classical Zermelo-Fraenkel Set Theory restricts propositions to strict bivalence. This classical certainty renders ZFC unsuitable for directly modelling phenomena characterized by genuine ambiguity and incompleteness.
Axiomatization of a Fundamental System for Generalized Ambiguous Four–Degree Membership Function Set Theory · 2026 · DOIThe study of the algebraic properties of the asymptotic dynamics of infinite-dimensional open quantum systems. The application of the results to quantum information processing and quantum reservoir engineering.
Exploring the application of IndetermSoft Sets in various fields. Developing further operations and properties for IndetermSoft Sets.
Most-cited papers in Advanced Algebra and Logic
- Structural equivalence of individuals in social networks · Journal of Mathematical Sociology · 1971 · 1,146 citations
- Homogeneity in confiding relations · Social Networks · 1988 · 543 citations
- Generalizability theory. · American Psychologist · 1989 · 336 citations
- Concepts associated with the equality symbol · Educational Studies in Mathematics · 1981 · 297 citations
- Extrinsic properties · Philosophical Studies · 1983 · 192 citations
- Cyclic Evaluation of Transitivity of Reciprocal Relations · Social Choice and Welfare · 2006 · 145 citations
- Notes on N-lattices and constructive logic with strong negation · Studia Logica · 1977 · 123 citations
- Regular equivalence: General theory · Journal of Mathematical Sociology · 1994 · 118 citations
- Composing cardinal direction relations · Artificial Intelligence · 2003 · 114 citations
- Arrow’s theorem and the Gibbard-Satterthwaite theorem: a unified approach · Economics Letters · 2001 · 104 citations
Most recent work
- Metric complexity is a Bryant–Tupper diversity · Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society · 2026
- Some notes on the pseudo-integrals based on pseudo-operations · Fuzzy Sets and Systems · 2026
- On the equivalence of AQFTs and prefactorization algebras · Letters in Mathematical Physics · 2026
- Sheffer Stroke Hoop Algebras: From Axiomatization to Isomorphism Theorems · Mathematics · 2026
- Elementary properties of free lattices III: Undecidability of the full theory · Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society · 2026
- Morita equivalence for operator systems · Journal d'Analyse Mathématique · 2026
- The pop-stack operator on ornamentation lattices · Advances in Applied Mathematics · 2026
- On distributive triads · International Journal of Approximate Reasoning · 2026
- Hilbert’s tenth problem via additive combinatorics · Journal of the American Mathematical Society · 2026
- Discrete inclusions from Cuntz-Pimsner algebras · Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society · 2026
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