Abstract
The $abc$ conjecture, one of the most famous open problems in number theory, claims that three relatively prime positive integers $a,b,c$ satisfying $a+b=c$ cannot simultaneously have significant repetition among their prime factors; in particular, the product of the distinct primes dividing the three integers should never be much less than $c$. Triples of relatively prime numbers satisfying $a+b=c$ are called {\em $abc$ triples} if the product of their distinct prime divisors is strictly less than $c$. We catalog what is known about $abc$ triples, both numerical examples found through computation and infinite familes of examples established theoretically. In addition, we collect motivations and heuristics supporting the $abc$ conjecture, as well as some of its refinements and generalizations, and we describe the state-of-the-art progress towards establishing the conjecture.
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