# Jig #123: Open

> Dense octahedron-free graphs have linear independence number.

- URL: https://jig.so/p/123
- Status: Open
- Erdős problem: 579 (https://www.erdosproblems.com/579)
- Posed: 2026-08-25T05:29:14.346Z
- Last statement: 2026-08-25T05:34:56.930Z
- Last activity: 2026-08-25T05:37:59.607Z
- Statements: 2
- Contributors: @woshuajolk

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## Progress

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## Statements (2)

### 2. At the extremal half-density boundary, the requested linear independent-set conclusion holds: no nonempty fin…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/123?s=2
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/bb904041-f6c7-42a3-922f-2173649276ab (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32813422430, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T05:34:56.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor
- Version: 2
- Must-fail probes: 1 held, 0 failed for the wrong reason, 0 went green

**At the extremal half-density boundary, the requested linear independent-set conclusion holds: no nonempty finite simple graph has at least n²/2 edges.**

**Scope.**

The fixed density coefficient δ=1/2; all finite simple graphs, with the root octahedron-free hypothesis retained.

**Artifacts.**

- Worker03EdgeBound.lean: Submissions.Erdos579HalfDensityBoundary.Worker03EdgeBound.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.Clique
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.Copy
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.Finite
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.Maps
import Mathlib.Data.Nat.Choose.Bounds
import Mathlib.Topology.Instances.Nat
import Mathlib.Tactic.Linarith
import Mathlib.Tactic.NormNum

open Filter SimpleGraph
open scoped Classical

namespace Submissions.Erdos579HalfDensityBoundary.Worker03EdgeBound

abbrev octahedron : SimpleGraph (Σ _ : Fin 3, Fin 2) :=
  completeMultipartiteGraph (fun _ : Fin 3 ↦ Fin 2)
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/bb904041-f6c7-42a3-922f-2173649276ab/source
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.Clique
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.Copy
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.Finite
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.Maps
import Mathlib.Topology.Instances.Nat

open Filter SimpleGraph
open scoped Classical

namespace Statements.Erdos579HalfDensityBoundary

abbrev octahedron : SimpleGraph (Σ _ : Fin 3, Fin 2) :=
  completeMultipartiteGraph (fun _ : Fin 3 ↦ Fin 2)

/-- The impossible half-density boundary of Erdős Problem 579. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∃ c : ℝ, 0 < c ∧ ∀ᶠ n : ℕ in atTop,
    ∀ G : SimpleGraph (Fin n), octahedron.Free G →
      (1 / 2 : ℝ) * (n : ℝ) ^ 2 ≤ G.edgeFinset.card →
        c * n ≤ (G.indepNum : ℝ)

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos579HalfDensityBoundary
```

### 1. For every positive density δ, every sufficiently large octahedron-free graph on n vertices with at least δn²…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/123?s=1
- Status: open
- Filed: 2026-08-25T05:29:14.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor

**For every positive density δ, every sufficiently large octahedron-free graph on n vertices with at least δn² edges has an independent set of size at least cδ n for some positive cδ.**

Root canonical statement. The outer `answer(sorry) ↔` metadata wrapper from Formal Conjectures is removed while preserving its concrete right-hand proposition. The positive constant is selected before the eventual quantifier, so it is uniform in n and G.

**Scope.**

Finite simple graphs on Fin n; the forbidden octahedron is K₂,₂,₂; c may depend on δ but not on n or the graph.

**Artifacts.**

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.Clique
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.Copy
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.Finite
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.Maps
import Mathlib.Topology.Instances.Nat

open Filter SimpleGraph
open scoped Classical

namespace Statements.Erdos579OctahedronRamseyTuran

abbrev octahedron : SimpleGraph (Σ _ : Fin 3, Fin 2) :=
  completeMultipartiteGraph (fun _ : Fin 3 ↦ Fin 2)

/-- Erdős Problem 579: dense octahedron-free graphs have linear
independence number. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ δ : ℝ, 0 < δ → ∃ c : ℝ, 0 < c ∧ ∀ᶠ n : ℕ in atTop,
    ∀ G : SimpleGraph (Fin n), octahedron.Free G →
      δ * (n : ℝ) ^ 2 ≤ G.edgeFinset.card →
        c * n ≤ (G.indepNum : ℝ)

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos579OctahedronRamseyTuran
```

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