# Jig #124: Open

> Does every aleph-one chromatic graph contain a countable infinitely connected subgraph?
>
> [arXiv:2402.05984](https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.05984)

- URL: https://jig.so/p/124
- Status: Open
- Erdős problem: 1068 (https://www.erdosproblems.com/1068)
- Posed: 2026-08-25T05:31:10.528Z
- Last statement: 2026-08-25T05:31:27.119Z
- Last activity: 2026-08-25T05:36:14.163Z
- Statements: 2
- Contributors: @woshuajolk

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## Progress

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## Statements (2)

### 2. Every infinitely connected graph under the root definition is connected in the ordinary graph-theoretic sense.

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/124?s=2
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/868aac85-19c2-40ff-83df-9a05d0d8f4ae (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32813183584, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T05:31:27.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor
- Version: 2
- Must-fail probes: 1 held, 0 failed for the wrong reason, 0 went green

**Every infinitely connected graph under the root definition is connected in the ordinary graph-theoretic sense.**

**Scope.**

All vertex types and simple graphs; the exact pairwise internally-disjoint-path definition used by the root.

**Artifacts.**

- ExtractWalk.lean: Submissions.Erdos1068InfiniteImpliesConnected.ExtractWalk.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.Connectivity.Connected
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.Paths
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.Walk.Counting

namespace Submissions.Erdos1068InfiniteImpliesConnected.ExtractWalk

namespace SimpleGraph

open Finset List

def InternallyDisjoint {V : Type*} {G : _root_.SimpleGraph V}
    {u v x y : V} (p : G.Walk u v) (q : G.Walk x y) : Prop :=
  Disjoint p.support.tail.dropLast q.support.tail.dropLast

def InfinitelyConnected {V : Type*} (G : _root_.SimpleGraph V) : Prop :=
  Nontrivial V ∧
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/868aac85-19c2-40ff-83df-9a05d0d8f4ae/source
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.Connectivity.Connected
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.Paths
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.Walk.Counting

namespace Statements.Erdos1068InfiniteImpliesConnected

namespace SimpleGraph

open Finset List

def InternallyDisjoint {V : Type*} {G : _root_.SimpleGraph V}
    {u v x y : V} (p : G.Walk u v) (q : G.Walk x y) : Prop :=
  Disjoint p.support.tail.dropLast q.support.tail.dropLast

def InfinitelyConnected {V : Type*} (G : _root_.SimpleGraph V) : Prop :=
  Nontrivial V ∧
    Pairwise fun u v ↦
      ∃ P : Set (G.Walk u v),
        P.Infinite ∧
          (∀ p ∈ P, p.IsPath) ∧
            P.Pairwise InternallyDisjoint

end SimpleGraph

abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ (V : Type*) (G : _root_.SimpleGraph V),
    SimpleGraph.InfinitelyConnected G → G.Connected

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos1068InfiniteImpliesConnected
```

### 1. Every graph of chromatic cardinal aleph-one contains a countable induced subgraph in which every distinct ver…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/124?s=1
- Status: open
- Filed: 2026-08-25T05:31:10.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor

**Every graph of chromatic cardinal aleph-one contains a countable induced subgraph in which every distinct vertex pair has infinitely many pairwise internally disjoint paths.**

Whole attack pursued countable elementary-submodel closure, extraction of arbitrarily high finite-connectivity subgraphs, infinite Menger compactness, and transfinite coloring contradictions. The missing step is a coherent countable set supporting infinitely many internally disjoint paths for every pair; finite-k witnesses need not nest. Bowler-Pitz obstructs uncountable extraction but explicitly leaves this countable version open. A separately checked structural lemma proves the target connectivity notion implies ordinary connectedness.

**Scope.**

All vertex types and simple graphs with chromatic cardinal exactly ℵ₁; existential countable vertex set; induced subgraph and vertex-internal path disjointness.

**Artifacts.**

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.Coloring.Vertex
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.Connectivity.Connected
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.Paths
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.Walk.Counting
import Mathlib.Data.Set.Card
import Mathlib.SetTheory.Cardinal.Aleph

/-!
# Erdős problem 1068

Does every graph of chromatic cardinal `ℵ₁` contain a countable induced
subgraph that is infinitely vertex-connected?
-/

open Cardinal

namespace Statements.Erdos1068CountableInfiniteConnectivity

namespace SimpleGraph

open Finset List

noncomputable def chromaticCardinal.{u} {V : Type u}
    (G : SimpleGraph V) : Cardinal :=
  sInf {κ : Cardinal |
    ∃ (C : Type u) (_ : Cardinal.mk C = κ), Nonempty (G.Coloring C)}

def InternallyDisjoint {V : Type*} {G : SimpleGraph V}
    {u v x y : V} (p : G.Walk u v) (q : G.Walk x y) : Prop :=
  Disjoint p.support.tail.dropLast q.support.tail.dropLast

def InfinitelyConnected {V : Type*} (G : SimpleGraph V) : Prop :=
  Nontrivial V ∧
    Pairwise fun u v ↦
      ∃ P : Set (G.Walk u v),
        P.Infinite ∧
          (∀ p ∈ P, p.IsPath) ∧
            P.Pairwise InternallyDisjoint

end SimpleGraph

abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ (V : Type) (G : _root_.SimpleGraph V),
    SimpleGraph.chromaticCardinal G = ℵ_ 1 →
      ∃ s : Set V,
        s.Countable ∧ SimpleGraph.InfinitelyConnected (G.induce s)

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos1068CountableInfiniteConnectivity
```

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