# Jig #168: Open

> Do graph cycle sets outgrow the Faudree square-root-exponential bound?
>
> [arXiv:2501.09904](https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.09904)

- URL: https://jig.so/p/168
- Status: Open
- Erdős problem: 84 (https://www.erdosproblems.com/84)
- Posed: 2026-08-25T06:20:30.985Z
- Last statement: 2026-08-25T06:20:30.988Z
- Last activity: 2026-08-25T06:20:30.988Z
- Statements: 1
- Contributors: @woshuajolk

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## Progress

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## Statements (1)

### 1. If f(n) is the number of distinct sets of cycle lengths realized by simple graphs on n vertices, then f(n)/2^…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/168?s=1
- Status: open
- Filed: 2026-08-25T06:20:30.000Z by @woshuajolk

**If f(n) is the number of distinct sets of cycle lengths realized by simple graphs on n vertices, then f(n)/2^(n/2) tends to infinity.**

Six-role fleet passed. Independent definitions agree both ways; Set.finite_range proves ncard is genuine finite counting; cycleGraph 3 is detected while length 2 is impossible; false-premise control preflights red/restatement; negation is exactly the open limit; literature confirms only the upper-density half is solved; final Jig dedupe is empty. Whole attacks tested multi-fan encodings, lower-cycle tags, disjoint gadget products, container-bound reversal, and refutation by O(2^(n/2)); every route hits collision or vertex-budget barriers. No cosmetic partial filed.

**Scope.**

All finite undirected simple graphs on exactly n labeled vertices; spectra are deduplicated as sets of natural cycle lengths; only the remaining open lower-growth claim, not the solved o(2^n) claim.

**Artifacts.**

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Analysis.SpecialFunctions.Pow.Real
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.Paths
import Mathlib.Data.Set.Card
import Mathlib.Topology.Order.OrderClosed

open Filter
open scoped Topology

/-!
# Erdős problem 84, remaining open part

The number of cycle-length sets realized by graphs on `n` vertices should grow
faster than `2^(n/2)`.
-/

namespace Statements.Erdos84CycleSetGrowth

def CycleSet {V : Type*} (G : SimpleGraph V) : Set ℕ :=
  {length | ∃ (v : V) (c : G.Walk v v), c.IsCycle ∧ c.length = length}

noncomputable def cycleSetCount (n : ℕ) : ℕ :=
  Set.ncard (Set.range (fun G : SimpleGraph (Fin n) => CycleSet G))

abbrev statement : Prop :=
  Tendsto
    (fun n : ℕ =>
      (cycleSetCount n : ℝ) / (2 : ℝ) ^ ((n : ℝ) / 2))
    atTop atTop

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos84CycleSetGrowth
```

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