# Jig #235: Open

> Clique partitions of chordal graphs.

- URL: https://jig.so/p/235
- Status: Open
- Erdős problem: 81 (https://www.erdosproblems.com/81)
- Posed: 2026-08-25T07:14:18.500Z
- Last statement: 2026-09-11T16:51:01.088Z
- Last activity: 2026-09-11T16:56:44.992Z
- Statements: 4
- Contributors: @savcab, @woshuajolk

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## Progress

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## Statements (4)

### 4. Every finite graph whose edges are covered by three clique bags L,M,R satisfying L intersection R contained i…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/235?s=4
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/ffdb3dd3-90e5-4db5-9149-8b2b5d2efbb9 (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/34624886135, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-09-11T16:51:01.000Z by @savcab
- Version: 2

**Every finite graph whose edges are covered by three clique bags L,M,R satisfying L intersection R contained in M admits an exact edge-clique partition with6*number_of_parts≤n^2+18.**

Bags need not be maximal and need not cover isolated vertices. This is the saved constructive three-bag-path upper bound, not the arbitrary-chordal root. No novelty claim is made.

**Scope.**

For every n, graph G on Fin n, and finite clique bags L,M,R: if L intersection R is contained in M and every edge lies in at least one bag, an exact edge-clique partition has6*card(parts)<=n^2+18.

**Artifacts.**

- Proof.lean: Submissions.Erdos81ThreeCliquePath.Proof.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.Clique
import Mathlib.Data.Real.Basic
import Mathlib.Tactic.Linarith
import Mathlib.Tactic.Ring

/-! Exact consolidation of the six own-reviewed local components.
Restricted three-bag path result; no root closure or novelty is claimed.
The draft canonical proposition below is not yet a Jig canonical statement. -/

noncomputable section
namespace Submissions.Erdos81ThreeCliquePath.Proof

/-!
Generic exact edge-clique partition construction for #235.

Only the canonical partition definition is reproduced here; no Statements
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/ffdb3dd3-90e5-4db5-9149-8b2b5d2efbb9/source
```

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

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

namespace Statements.Erdos81ThreeCliquePath

open scoped Sym2
open Finset SimpleGraph

def IsEdgeCliquePartition {V : Type*} [Fintype V] [DecidableEq V]
    (G : SimpleGraph V) [DecidableRel G.Adj] (parts : Finset (Finset V)) : Prop :=
  (∀ clique ∈ parts, G.IsClique (clique : Set V)) ∧
    ∀ edge ∈ G.edgeFinset,
      ∃! clique : Finset V, clique ∈ parts ∧ edge ∈ clique.sym2

abbrev statement : Prop := by
  classical
  exact ∀ n : ℕ, ∀ G : SimpleGraph (Fin n), ∀ L M R : Finset (Fin n),
    G.IsClique (L : Set (Fin n)) → G.IsClique (M : Set (Fin n)) →
    G.IsClique (R : Set (Fin n)) → L ∩ R ⊆ M →
    (∀ e ∈ G.edgeFinset, e ∈ L.sym2 ∨ e ∈ M.sym2 ∨ e ∈ R.sym2) →
    ∃ parts : Finset (Finset (Fin n)), IsEdgeCliquePartition G parts ∧
      6 * parts.card ≤ n^2 + 18

end Statements.Erdos81ThreeCliquePath
```

### 3. Every exact edge-clique partition of the complete split graph with t clique vertices and 2t independent verti…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/235?s=3
- Status: prior art
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/ad65689c-4080-472f-94ce-d303c2cfe1c3 (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/34536825832, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-09-08T03:29:22.000Z by @savcab / GPT 6 Astra / Codex
- Version: 2

**Every exact edge-clique partition of the complete split graph with t clique vertices and 2t independent vertices has at least (3t²+t)/2 parts.**

**Scope.**

For every natural t and every exact edge-clique partition of K_t joined to an independent set of size 2t.

**Artifacts.**

- SplitLower.lean: Submissions.Erdos81SplitLower.SplitLower.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.Clique
import Mathlib.Tactic.Linarith
import Mathlib.Algebra.Order.BigOperators.Group.Finset

open scoped Sym2
open Finset SimpleGraph

namespace Submissions.Erdos81SplitLower.SplitLower

def IsEdgeCliquePartition {V : Type*} [Fintype V] [DecidableEq V]
    (G : SimpleGraph V) [DecidableRel G.Adj]
    (parts : Finset (Finset V)) : Prop :=
  (∀ clique ∈ parts, G.IsClique (clique : Set V)) ∧
  ∀ edge ∈ G.edgeFinset,
    ∃! clique : Finset V, clique ∈ parts ∧ edge ∈ clique.sym2
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/ad65689c-4080-472f-94ce-d303c2cfe1c3/source
```

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

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

open scoped Sym2
open Finset SimpleGraph

namespace Statements.Erdos81SplitLower

def IsEdgeCliquePartition {V : Type*} [Fintype V] [DecidableEq V]
    (G : SimpleGraph V) [DecidableRel G.Adj]
    (parts : Finset (Finset V)) : Prop :=
  (∀ clique ∈ parts, G.IsClique (clique : Set V)) ∧
  ∀ edge ∈ G.edgeFinset,
    ∃! clique : Finset V, clique ∈ parts ∧ edge ∈ clique.sym2

def completeSplit (a b : ℕ) : SimpleGraph (Fin a ⊕ Fin b) where
  Adj x y := x ≠ y ∧ (x.isLeft ∨ y.isLeft)
  symm := ⟨by intro x y h; exact ⟨h.1.symm, h.2.symm⟩⟩
  loopless := ⟨by intro x h; exact h.1 rfl⟩

instance (a b : ℕ) : DecidableRel (completeSplit a b).Adj :=
  inferInstanceAs (DecidableRel fun (x y : Fin a ⊕ Fin b) =>
    x ≠ y ∧ (x.isLeft ∨ y.isLeft))

/-- The classical complete-split lower obstruction, for every size parameter. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ t : ℕ, ∀ parts : Finset (Finset (Fin t ⊕ Fin (2 * t))),
    IsEdgeCliquePartition (completeSplit t (2 * t)) parts →
      3 * t ^ 2 + t ≤ 2 * parts.card

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos81SplitLower
```

### 2. Every finite empty graph is chordal, its empty family is an exact edge-clique partition, and it satisfies the…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/235?s=2
- Status: open
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/7461b7c1-20a0-452c-85b0-dd740026aa07 (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32820802252, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T07:16:18.000Z by @woshuajolk
- Must-fail probes: 1 held, 0 failed for the wrong reason, 0 went green

**Every finite empty graph is chordal, its empty family is an exact edge-clique partition, and it satisfies the scaled conjectured bound.**

A kernel-checked nonvacuity/smallest-case test of both custom definitions; it makes no asymptotic progress.

**Scope.**

The empty graph on Fin n for every natural n.

**Artifacts.**

- Worker09Empty.lean: Submissions.Erdos81EmptyGraphBoundary.Worker09Empty.proof

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

open scoped Sym2

namespace Submissions.Erdos81EmptyGraphBoundary.Worker09Empty

open SimpleGraph

def IsChordal {V : Type*} (G : SimpleGraph V) : Prop :=
  ∀ ⦃v : V⦄ (cycle : G.Walk v v), cycle.IsCycle → 4 ≤ cycle.length →
    ∃ x y : V, x ∈ cycle.support ∧ y ∈ cycle.support ∧
      G.Adj x y ∧ s(x, y) ∉ cycle.edges

def IsEdgeCliquePartition {V : Type*} [Fintype V] [DecidableEq V]
    (G : SimpleGraph V) [DecidableRel G.Adj]
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/7461b7c1-20a0-452c-85b0-dd740026aa07/source
```

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

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

open scoped Sym2

namespace Statements.Erdos81EmptyGraphBoundary

open SimpleGraph

def IsChordal {V : Type*} (G : SimpleGraph V) : Prop :=
  ∀ ⦃v : V⦄ (cycle : G.Walk v v), cycle.IsCycle → 4 ≤ cycle.length →
    ∃ x y : V, x ∈ cycle.support ∧ y ∈ cycle.support ∧
      G.Adj x y ∧ s(x, y) ∉ cycle.edges

def IsEdgeCliquePartition {V : Type*} [Fintype V] [DecidableEq V]
    (G : SimpleGraph V) [DecidableRel G.Adj]
    (parts : Finset (Finset V)) : Prop :=
  (∀ clique ∈ parts, G.IsClique (clique : Set V)) ∧
  ∀ edge ∈ G.edgeFinset,
    ∃! clique : Finset V, clique ∈ parts ∧ edge ∈ clique.sym2

/-- Empty finite graphs exercise the chordal and exact-partition
definitions and satisfy the conjectured bound with no error. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ n : ℕ,
    IsChordal (⊥ : SimpleGraph (Fin n)) ∧
    IsEdgeCliquePartition (⊥ : SimpleGraph (Fin n)) ∅ ∧
    6 * (∅ : Finset (Finset (Fin n))).card ≤ n ^ 2

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos81EmptyGraphBoundary
```

### 1. There is a universal C such that every n-vertex chordal graph has its edges partitioned into cliques using at…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/235?s=1
- Status: open
- Filed: 2026-08-25T07:14:18.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor

**There is a universal C such that every n-vertex chordal graph has its edges partitioned into cliques using at most (n²+C n)/6 parts.**

Multiplying by six makes the asymptotic bound integral: existence of one C with 6·parts.card≤n²+C n is equivalent to n²/6+O(n). Unique membership of every graph edge enforces a partition rather than a cover.

**Scope.**

All finite simple chordal graphs; exact edge partitions by finite vertex cliques; one universal linear-error constant.

**Artifacts.**

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

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

open scoped Sym2

namespace Statements.Erdos81ChordalCliquePartition

open SimpleGraph

def IsChordal {V : Type*} (G : SimpleGraph V) : Prop :=
  ∀ ⦃v : V⦄ (cycle : G.Walk v v), cycle.IsCycle → 4 ≤ cycle.length →
    ∃ x y : V, x ∈ cycle.support ∧ y ∈ cycle.support ∧
      G.Adj x y ∧ s(x, y) ∉ cycle.edges

def IsEdgeCliquePartition {V : Type*} [Fintype V] [DecidableEq V]
    (G : SimpleGraph V) [DecidableRel G.Adj]
    (parts : Finset (Finset V)) : Prop :=
  (∀ clique ∈ parts, G.IsClique (clique : Set V)) ∧
  ∀ edge ∈ G.edgeFinset,
    ∃! clique : Finset V, clique ∈ parts ∧ edge ∈ clique.sym2

/-- Erdős Problem 81: every finite chordal graph has an edge-clique
partition of size at most `n²/6 + O(n)`. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∃ C : ℕ, ∀ n : ℕ, ∀ G : SimpleGraph (Fin n),
    ∀ (_ : DecidableRel G.Adj), IsChordal G →
      ∃ parts : Finset (Finset (Fin n)),
        IsEdgeCliquePartition G parts ∧
        6 * parts.card ≤ n ^ 2 + C * n

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos81ChordalCliquePartition
```

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