My favorite unsolved problems

Prize policies: when applicable, a prize for the problem will be payed with a check in US dollars to the first person who sends me a complete solution which I will verify and recognize as correct.

ENTIRE AND MEROMORPHIC FUNCTIONS:

ps pdf An estimate of density of zeros. (Now solved).
ps pdf Exceptional set in Gross' Theorem.
ps pdf Gross property of implicit functions.
ps pdf Three problems on level sets of subharmonic functions arising in the value distribution theory.
ps pdf A conjecture of Fuchs.
ps pdf Zeros of sums of simple fractions.
ps pdf Does every universe contain a place where you can stay at rest? (Lee Rubel) $200

GEOMETRIC FUNCTION THEORY AND POTENTIAL THEORY:

ps pdf A general conjecture about meromorphic functions in the plane (2013).
ps pdf Some constants studied by Littlewood (Updated Oct 2002).
ps pdf "Hawaii Conjecture" (attributed to Gauss). Now solved by Michail Tyaglov.
ps pdf Equilibrium points of Newtonian potentials (Maxwell)
ps pdf Erdos' problem on the length of lemniscates (at least $200). Substantial recent progress is due to F. Nazarov and A. Fryntov.
ps pdf Find the maximum of one function of one variable.

DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS AND ITERATION IN THE COMPLEX DOMAIN:

ps pdf A remarkable identity (March 2011). Progress of April 11, 2011. Now solved by Mukhin and Tarasov.
ps pdf Meromorphic functions satisfying certain differential equations (E. Hille) Updated on May 22, 2007.
ps pdf Wandering domains of entire functions.
ps pdf Escaping sets for entire functions.

TRANSCENDENTAL HOLOMORPHIC CURVES:

ps pdf Deficiencies of targets of large codimension.
ps pdf Holomorphic curves with bounds on the spherical derivative.
ps pdf Modified Cartan's Conjecture. $500
ps pdf Holomorphic curves with few inflection points. $500

RATIONAL FUNCTIONS AND RATIONAL CURVES:

ps pdf Rational curves with real inflection points. (B. and M. Shapiro, for more info, see F. Sottile's page)
Now solved by Mukhin, Tarasov and Varchenko.

ps pdf Disconjugacy and Secant conjecture
ps pdf Analytic invariant curves for rational functions. (Recent progress by Peter Mueller on Math Overflow).

POLYNOMIAL MATRICES (Control theory)

ps pdf Generic stabilizability by static output feedback.
ps pdf Simultaneous stabilizability of 3 systems.

NONE OF THE ABOVE

ps pdf Traces of elements of the modular group. Now solved by Bin Wang and Xunyun Zhu