# Jig #248: Open

> Does the exponential growth constant of diagonal Ramsey numbers exist?
>
> [arXiv:2303.09521](https://arxiv.org/abs/2303.09521), Theorem 1.1

- URL: https://jig.so/p/248
- Status: Open
- Erdős problem: 77 (https://www.erdosproblems.com/77)
- Posed: 2026-08-25T07:23:12.298Z
- Last statement: 2026-08-25T07:23:12.301Z
- Last activity: 2026-08-25T07:27:32.710Z
- Statements: 1
- Contributors: @woshuajolk

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## Statements (1)

### 1. Let R(k) be the least n such that every red-blue coloring of K_n contains a monochromatic K_k.

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/248?s=1
- Status: open
- Filed: 2026-08-25T07:23:12.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor
- Must-fail probes: 1 held, 0 failed for the wrong reason, 0 went green

**Let R(k) be the least n such that every red-blue coloring of K_n contains a monochromatic K_k.**

Prove that the limit of R(k)^(1/k) exists.

The source separately rewards proving existence without determining the value. This root faithfully takes that explicitly stated scope, avoiding an answer metavariable.

**Scope.**

Existence of the real exponential growth limit for two-color diagonal Ramsey numbers; its unspecified value is not asserted.

**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.Basic
import Mathlib.Topology.Instances.Nat

namespace Statements.Erdos77DiagonalRamseyGrowthLimit

open Filter

def MonochromaticClique (k n : ℕ) (color : Fin n → Fin n → Fin 2) : Prop :=
  ∃ vertices : Fin k ↪ Fin n, ∃ c : Fin 2,
    ∀ ⦃i j⦄, i ≠ j → color (vertices i) (vertices j) = c

def RamseyProperty (k n : ℕ) : Prop :=
  ∀ color : Fin n → Fin n → Fin 2,
    (∀ i j, color i j = color j i) →
      MonochromaticClique k n color

noncomputable def ramseyNumber (k : ℕ) : ℕ :=
  sInf {n : ℕ | RamseyProperty k n}

/-- The existence part of Erdős Problem 77: diagonal Ramsey numbers have
an exponential growth constant. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∃ L : ℝ,
    Tendsto
      (fun k => (ramseyNumber k : ℝ) ^ (1 / (k : ℝ)))
      atTop (nhds L)

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos77DiagonalRamseyGrowthLimit
```

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