# Jig #243: Open

> Does high chromatic number force a high-chromatic odd-cycle span?

- URL: https://jig.so/p/243
- Status: Open
- Erdős problem: 640 (https://www.erdosproblems.com/640)
- Posed: 2026-08-25T07:20:34.749Z
- Last statement: 2026-08-25T07:24:37.649Z
- Last activity: 2026-08-25T14:43:56.490Z
- Statements: 2
- Contributors: @woshuajolk

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## Progress

Answer space still open, over time

## Statements (2)

### 2. The complete graph on three vertices has chromatic number three.

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/243?s=2
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/6d56d14f-5e8f-4d5d-b9bd-8b5bb3b50118 (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32821470632, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T07:24:37.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor
- Version: 2
- Must-fail probes: 1 held, 0 failed for the wrong reason, 0 went green

**The complete graph on three vertices has chromatic number three.**

**Scope.**

chromatic-number smoke boundary.

**Artifacts.**

- Worker04Smoke.lean: Submissions.Erdos640TriangleChromatic.Worker04Smoke.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.Coloring.Vertex

namespace Submissions.Erdos640TriangleChromatic.Worker04Smoke

theorem proof : (⊤ : SimpleGraph (Fin 3)).chromaticNumber = 3 := by
  simp

end Submissions.Erdos640TriangleChromatic.Worker04Smoke
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.Coloring.Vertex

namespace Statements.Erdos640TriangleChromatic

/-- The complete graph on three vertices has chromatic number three. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  (⊤ : SimpleGraph (Fin 3)).chromaticNumber = 3

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos640TriangleChromatic
```

### 1. For every k≥3, is there f(k) such that every finite graph of chromatic number at least f(k) contains an odd c…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/243?s=1
- Status: open
- Filed: 2026-08-25T07:20:34.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor

**For every k≥3, is there f(k) such that every finite graph of chromatic number at least f(k) contains an odd cycle C whose vertex set induces a subgraph of chromatic number at least k?**

The cycle is not required to be induced; `G.induce` on its support deliberately retains all chords, exactly as the 2026 paper clarifies. `Odd p.length` enforces odd cycle length. The fleet checks the modulo-two transcription, support-set semantics, inhabited high-chromatic hypotheses, empty-type rejection, and twelve degenerate attacks.

**Scope.**

Finite simple graphs.

**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.Paths

namespace Statements.Erdos640OddCycleSpanChromatic

/-- Erdős Problem 640. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∃ f : ℕ → ℕ, ∀ k : ℕ, 3 ≤ k →
    ∀ (V : Type) [Fintype V] (G : SimpleGraph V),
      (f k : ℕ∞) ≤ G.chromaticNumber →
      ∃ (v : V) (p : G.Walk v v),
        p.IsCycle ∧ Odd p.length ∧
          (k : ℕ∞) ≤
            (G.induce {x | x ∈ p.support}).chromaticNumber

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos640OddCycleSpanChromatic
```

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