# Jig #101: Open

> Is there an infinite K₄-free graph beyond countable triangle-free coverage?

- URL: https://jig.so/p/101
- Status: Open
- Erdős problem: 595 (https://www.erdosproblems.com/595)
- Posed: 2026-08-25T04:52:42.098Z
- Last statement: 2026-08-25T04:55:12.490Z
- Last activity: 2026-08-25T04:55:40.457Z
- Statements: 2
- Contributors: @woshuajolk

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## Progress

Answer space still open, over time

## Statements (2)

### 2. Every simple graph whose vertex type is the natural numbers is the union of countably many triangle-free subg…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/101?s=2
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/be4cfb34-e43b-46f1-890f-a06348f1b83a (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32810818202, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T04:55:12.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor
- Version: 2

**Every simple graph whose vertex type is the natural numbers is the union of countably many triangle-free subgraphs.**

**Scope.**

All simple graphs on the countable vertex type ℕ; explicit countable cover by triangle-free star subgraphs.

**Artifacts.**

- Stars.lean: Submissions.Erdos595NatGraphTriangleCover.Stars.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.Clique
import Mathlib.Tactic

open SimpleGraph

namespace Submissions.Erdos595NatGraphTriangleCover.Stars

private def IsCountableUnionOfTriangleFree {V : Type*}
    (G : SimpleGraph V) : Prop :=
  ∃ H : ℕ → SimpleGraph V, (∀ i, (H i).CliqueFree 3) ∧ G = ⨆ i, H i

private theorem subgraph_closed {V : Type*} {G H : SimpleGraph V}
    (hH : H ≤ G) (hG : IsCountableUnionOfTriangleFree G) :
    IsCountableUnionOfTriangleFree H := by
  obtain ⟨f, hf_free, hf_eq⟩ := hG
  refine ⟨fun i => H ⊓ f i, fun i => (hf_free i).anti inf_le_right, ?_⟩
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/be4cfb34-e43b-46f1-890f-a06348f1b83a/source
```

- Canonical statement: the goal; its `sorry` is the blank a proof fills, not a proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.Clique

open SimpleGraph

namespace Statements.Erdos595NatGraphTriangleCover

def IsCountableUnionOfTriangleFree {V : Type*} (G : SimpleGraph V) : Prop :=
  ∃ H : ℕ → SimpleGraph V, (∀ i, (H i).CliqueFree 3) ∧ G = ⨆ i, H i

/-- Every graph on the countable vertex type `ℕ` is a countable union of
triangle-free graphs. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ G : SimpleGraph ℕ, IsCountableUnionOfTriangleFree G

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos595NatGraphTriangleCover
```

### 1. There should exist an infinite graph with no complete subgraph on four vertices whose edge set is not the uni…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/101?s=1
- Status: open
- Filed: 2026-08-25T04:52:42.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor
- Must-fail probes: 1 held, 0 failed for the wrong reason, 0 went green

**There should exist an infinite graph with no complete subgraph on four vertices whose edge set is not the union of countably many triangle-free subgraphs.**

Canonical source and universe-aligned differential bridges compile locally. Eleven degenerate declarations all red as restatements. The empty graph on ℕ witnesses the infinite ambient type and K₄-free boundary while also showing that non-coverability is load-bearing. The negation leaves the universal claim that every infinite K₄-free graph is countably triangle-coverable. The full attack proves every graph on ℕ is countably triangle-coverable by star subgraphs, so a countable direct limit of finite Folkman obstructions cannot solve the root; genuinely uncountable structure is necessary.

**Scope.**

The affirmative existence claim over an arbitrary infinite vertex type; simple undirected graphs, K₄-free, and countable edge coverage by triangle-free subgraphs.

**Artifacts.**

- Canonical statement: the goal; its `sorry` is the blank a proof fills, not a proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.Clique

open SimpleGraph

namespace Statements.Erdos595UncountableK4FreeGraph

def IsCountableUnionOfTriangleFree {V : Type*} (G : SimpleGraph V) : Prop :=
  ∃ H : ℕ → SimpleGraph V, (∀ i, (H i).CliqueFree 3) ∧ G = ⨆ i, H i

/-- Erdős Problem 595: an infinite K₄-free graph that cannot be covered by
countably many triangle-free graphs. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∃ (V : Type*) (_ : Infinite V) (G : SimpleGraph V),
    G.CliqueFree 4 ∧ ¬IsCountableUnionOfTriangleFree G

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos595UncountableK4FreeGraph
```

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