Problem · problem
Invariant subspace problem
Enflo and Read built counterexamples on other Banach spaces, so the Hilbert space case is what remains. Positive results cover compact operators and many other classes. Claimed proofs have circulated since 2023 without being accepted, and it is listed open here.
What would settle it
Lean statement in formal-conjectures
Sources
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