Counting 3-colorings of the hex lattice ★★

Author(s): Thomassen

Problem   Find $ \lim_{n \rightarrow \infty} (\chi( H_n , 3)) ^{ 1 / |V(H_n)| } $.

Keywords: coloring; Lieb's Ice Constant; tiling; torus

Dense rational distance sets in the plane ★★★

Author(s): Ulam

Problem   Does there exist a dense set $ S \subseteq {\mathbb R}^2 $ so that all pairwise distances between points in $ S $ are rational?

Keywords: integral distance; rational distance