Unspecified Random Function Root Problem

Definitions and mathematical statement

The supplied record contains the contribution-title fragment attributed to Van Vu, Roots of random functions: Recent progress and open questions. It contains no recoverable mathematical question. In particular, it specifies neither a random-function model nor its probability law, domain, codomain, meaning of a root, or proposed assertion and quantifiers. Consequently, no precise mathematical statement or associated definitions can be reconstructed from the supplied evidence.

The supplied statement-verification field labels this entry unrecoverable and states that specific random-root questions are retained separately under source codes OWR-12697684-016 and OWR-12697684-017. Their statements are not supplied here, so neither can be substituted for this entry. The supplied open label reflects a curation rule for an incomplete fragment; it does not establish the open status of an identifiable mathematical conjecture.

Short English statement

This entry preserves a talk-title fragment attributed to Van Vu about roots of random functions. No mathematical question can be stated precisely from the supplied record; the intended random-function model and target assertion remain unspecified.

Sources

• Local UnsolvedMath registry, supplied record with permanent ID $30005333$, exact source code catalogue entry, title Unspecified Random Function Root Problem, in the Oberwolfach Reports Open Problems collection. The supplied proposed year is $2023$; no proposer is recorded.
• Supplied report citation: Combinatorics (2023), Oberwolfach Reports, pp. 5--89, DOI 10.4171/owr/2023/1. https://doi.org/10.4171/owr/2023/1. The supplied background describes Oberwolfach Reports as documenting mathematical workshops and their open-problem discussions.
• Supplied contribution-title attribution: Van Vu, Roots of random functions: Recent progress and open questions. The record does not supply a complete contribution passage or a specific question.
• Supplied literature source, labelled "original OWR report": https://doi.org/10.4171/owr/2022/57. This differs from the report DOI in the supplied source citation; the relationship is unresolved.
• Literature assessment dated exactly 2026-08-22: supplied dated curation, not independently verified. It classifies the fragment as open under its stated rule because no complete claim is available to verify, and requests independent verification of time-sensitive status and cited claims. The supplied references do not provide an authoritative citation for a recoverable, specific mathematical assertion in this entry.