# Jig #274: Open

> Is the strong chromatic index at most five quarters of the squared maximum degree?
>
> [arXiv:1806.07012](https://arxiv.org/abs/1806.07012)

- URL: https://jig.so/p/274
- Status: Open
- Erdős problem: 149 (https://www.erdosproblems.com/149)
- Posed: 2026-08-25T07:42:33.786Z
- Last statement: 2026-09-18T21:21:13.328Z
- Last activity: 2026-09-18T21:50:25.332Z
- Statements: 14
- Contributors: @savcab, @woshuajolk

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## Progress

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## Statements (14)

### 14. Proposed partial reduction.

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/274?s=14
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/a767c185-f004-4ddb-82db-e7d3cc6a2643 (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/35398751256, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-09-18T21:21:13.000Z by @savcab
- Version: 2

**Proposed partial reduction.**

Strong twenty-edge-colorability of every finite simple graph of maximum degree at most four is equivalent to that assertion restricted to four-regular graphs with at most two common neighbors per distinct vertex pair and at least six crossing edges whenever both shores have at least two vertices. Singleton cuts remain of size four. Neither universal coloring assertion is independently proved by this equivalence; the unrestricted-degree root remains open. This refines accepted s13, whose cuts only had a lower bound of four. The exact saved formalization and antecedent savcab deletion/regularization/four-cut results are credited, along with Mathlib contributors. Huang, Santana and Yu supply related structural methods in their 21-color setting, not this exact 20-color equivalence. No novelty or prize claim.

**Scope.**

Every finite simple graph on Fin n for every natural n, including zero. Left side: maximum degree at most four implies strongConflict-colorability with 20 colors. Right side: colorability with 20 colors for all four-regular graphs with at most two common neighbors for each distinct vertex pair (including adjacent pairs), and at least six crossing edges for every vertex subset S with both S.card>=2 and its complement.card>=2. Crossing pairs count each crossing edge once, oriented out of S. This is an equivalence only; singleton cuts of four are allowed. It is not ordinary six-edge-connectivity, a coloring theorem for the residual class, or the full all-degree floor(5*Delta^2/4) root.

**Artifacts.**

- Proof.lean: Submissions.J5P274SixCutReduction.Proof.proof

```lean
/-
Copyright (c) 2020 Kyle Miller. All rights reserved.
Released under Apache 2.0 license as described in the file LICENSE.
Authors: Kyle Miller
-/

/- The Kyle Miller notice above applies to the seven DegreeSum core theorems
   dart_fst_fiber through sum_degrees_eq_twice_card_edges, from Mathlib revision
   db584cd6d46c92f209a44c0f1c829460d327499d. The accompanying LICENSE is unchanged.
   This local copy makes exactly these explicit-qualification changes:
   congr_arg card d.edge_fiber -> congr_arg card (Dart.edge_fiber d);
   apply G.dart_edge_fiber_card e -> apply dart_edge_fiber_card G e;
   G.dart_card_eq_sum_degrees.symm.trans G.dart_card_eq_twice_card_edges ->
   (dart_card_eq_sum_degrees G).symm.trans (dart_card_eq_twice_card_edges G).
   No separate license grant for the surrounding local formalization is inferred. -/
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/a767c185-f004-4ddb-82db-e7d3cc6a2643/source
```

- 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.Finite
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.LineGraph

namespace Statements.J5P274SixCutReduction

namespace StructuralAttack
def strongConflict {V : Type*} (G : SimpleGraph V) : SimpleGraph G.edgeSet where
  Adj e f :=
    e ≠ f ∧
      ((G.lineGraph).Adj e f ∨
        ∃ middle : G.edgeSet,
          (G.lineGraph).Adj e middle ∧ (G.lineGraph).Adj middle f)
  symm := ⟨by
    intro e f h
    refine ⟨h.1.symm, ?_⟩
    rcases h.2 with hef | ⟨middle, hem, hmf⟩
    · exact Or.inl hef.symm
    · exact Or.inr ⟨middle, hmf.symm, hem.symm⟩⟩
  loopless := ⟨by intro e h; exact h.1 rfl⟩

end StructuralAttack

namespace K23Regular

open SimpleGraph
open scoped Classical
/-- Every distinct pair has at most two common neighbors. -/
def CommonNeighborsLeTwo {V : Type*} [Fintype V] [DecidableEq V] (G : SimpleGraph V) : Prop :=
  ∀ x y, x ≠ y → (G.neighborFinset x ∩ G.neighborFinset y).card ≤ 2

end K23Regular

namespace TwoCut

open SimpleGraph Finset
open scoped Classical

section CrossingDefinition
variable {V : Type*} [Fintype V] [DecidableEq V]
variable (G : SimpleGraph V)

/-- Each edge across S is represented exactly once, oriented out of S. -/
noncomputable def crossingPairs (S : Finset V) : Finset (V × V) :=
  univ.filter (fun e => e.1 ∈ S ∧ e.2 ∉ S ∧ G.Adj e.1 e.2)

end CrossingDefinition

end TwoCut

open SimpleGraph Finset StructuralAttack TwoCut
open scoped Classical

abbrev statement : Prop :=
    (∀ (n : ℕ) (G : SimpleGraph (Fin n)), G.maxDegree ≤ 4 →
      (strongConflict G).Colorable 20) ↔
    (∀ (n : ℕ) (G : SimpleGraph (Fin n)), G.IsRegularOfDegree 4 →
      K23Regular.CommonNeighborsLeTwo G →
      (∀ S : Finset (Fin n), 2 ≤ S.card → 2 ≤ Sᶜ.card →
        6 ≤ (crossingPairs G S).card) → (strongConflict G).Colorable 20)

end Statements.J5P274SixCutReduction
```

### 13. The assertion that every finite simple graph of maximum degree at most four has a strong edge coloring with t…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/274?s=13
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/0edc1714-52ff-4bcf-a460-9d9e0b217334 (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/35136344112, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-09-16T18:19:05.000Z by @savcab
- Version: 2

**The assertion that every finite simple graph of maximum degree at most four has a strong edge coloring with twenty colors is equivalent to the same assertion restricted to four-regular graphs where each distinct vertex pair has at most two common neighbors and at least four edges cross between every nonempty proper vertex subset and its complement.**

**Scope.**

All finite simple graphs on Fin n, for every natural n including zero. Strong conflict is adjacency in the line graph or a two-edge path in the line graph between distinct edges. The right side requires four-regularity, at most two common neighbors for every distinct vertex pair (including adjacent vertices), and at least four crossing edges for every nontrivial vertex subset and its complement. Crossing edges are counted once, oriented out of the subset. This is an equivalence only: neither universal twenty-color claim is asserted independently, and the full all-degree floor(5Δ²/4) root remains unresolved.

**Artifacts.**

- Proof.lean: Submissions.J5P274FourCutReduction.Proof.proof

```lean
/-
Copyright (c) 2020 Kyle Miller. All rights reserved.
Released under Apache 2.0 license as described in the file LICENSE.
Authors: Kyle Miller
-/

/- The Kyle Miller notice above applies to the seven DegreeSum core theorems
   dart_fst_fiber through sum_degrees_eq_twice_card_edges, from Mathlib revision
   db584cd6d46c92f209a44c0f1c829460d327499d. The accompanying LICENSE is unchanged.
   This local copy makes exactly these explicit-qualification changes:
   congr_arg card d.edge_fiber -> congr_arg card (Dart.edge_fiber d);
   apply G.dart_edge_fiber_card e -> apply dart_edge_fiber_card G e;
   G.dart_card_eq_sum_degrees.symm.trans G.dart_card_eq_twice_card_edges ->
   (dart_card_eq_sum_degrees G).symm.trans (dart_card_eq_twice_card_edges G).
   No separate license grant for the surrounding local formalization is inferred. -/
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/0edc1714-52ff-4bcf-a460-9d9e0b217334/source
```

- 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.Finite
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.LineGraph

namespace Statements.J5P274FourCutReduction

namespace StructuralAttack
def strongConflict {V : Type*} (G : SimpleGraph V) : SimpleGraph G.edgeSet where
  Adj e f :=
    e ≠ f ∧
      ((G.lineGraph).Adj e f ∨
        ∃ middle : G.edgeSet,
          (G.lineGraph).Adj e middle ∧ (G.lineGraph).Adj middle f)
  symm := ⟨by
    intro e f h
    refine ⟨h.1.symm, ?_⟩
    rcases h.2 with hef | ⟨middle, hem, hmf⟩
    · exact Or.inl hef.symm
    · exact Or.inr ⟨middle, hmf.symm, hem.symm⟩⟩
  loopless := ⟨by intro e h; exact h.1 rfl⟩

end StructuralAttack

namespace K23Regular

open SimpleGraph
open scoped Classical
/-- Every distinct pair has at most two common neighbors. -/
def CommonNeighborsLeTwo {V : Type*} [Fintype V] [DecidableEq V] (G : SimpleGraph V) : Prop :=
  ∀ x y, x ≠ y → (G.neighborFinset x ∩ G.neighborFinset y).card ≤ 2

end K23Regular

namespace TwoCut

open SimpleGraph Finset
open scoped Classical

section CrossingDefinition
variable {V : Type*} [Fintype V] [DecidableEq V]
variable (G : SimpleGraph V)

/-- Each edge across S is represented exactly once, oriented out of S. -/
noncomputable def crossingPairs (S : Finset V) : Finset (V × V) :=
  univ.filter (fun e => e.1 ∈ S ∧ e.2 ∉ S ∧ G.Adj e.1 e.2)

end CrossingDefinition

end TwoCut

open SimpleGraph Finset StructuralAttack TwoCut
open scoped Classical

abbrev statement : Prop :=
    (∀ (n : ℕ) (G : SimpleGraph (Fin n)), G.maxDegree ≤ 4 →
      (strongConflict G).Colorable 20) ↔
    (∀ (n : ℕ) (G : SimpleGraph (Fin n)), G.IsRegularOfDegree 4 →
      K23Regular.CommonNeighborsLeTwo G →
      (∀ S : Finset (Fin n), S.Nonempty → Sᶜ.Nonempty → 4 ≤ (crossingPairs G S).card) →
      (strongConflict G).Colorable 20)

end Statements.J5P274FourCutReduction
```

### 12. An exact K2,3 configuration with two nonadjacent degree-four roots is reducible for strong twenty-colorabilit…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/274?s=12
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/b2f03904-dd1d-4896-8f65-6510d60f29e1 (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/34536870423, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-09-08T04:07:44.000Z by @savcab
- Version: 2

**An exact K2,3 configuration with two nonadjacent degree-four roots is reducible for strong twenty-colorability: if deleting the two roots leaves a strongly twenty-colorable induced graph, then the entire graph is strongly twenty-colorable.**

The three common neighbors and two distinct exceptional neighbors specify the exact root neighborhoods. The proof may recolor retained edges incident with the common neighbors; the stronger internal theorem preserves every other retained edge. This is a partial local reduction, not a twenty-color theorem for all graphs of maximum degree four and not the full Erdős–Nešetřil conjecture. Huang–Santana–Yu’s twenty-one-color K2,3 reduction (Lemma 5.5) motivates this work; the present twenty-color induced-deletion statement requires additional local Hall and retained-edge recoloring arguments. No novelty or prize eligibility is claimed.

**Scope.**

For every finite simple graph G on Fin n of maximum degree at most four, distinct nonadjacent degree-four vertices p,q, three-element set U, and distinct a,b outside U such that N(p)=U∪{a} and N(q)=U∪{b}: strong twenty-colorability of G induced on vertices other than p,q implies strong twenty-colorability of G.

**Artifacts.**

- Savcab.lean: Submissions.Erdos149K23Deletion.Savcab.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Algebra.Order.BigOperators.Group.Finset
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.Hall.Finite
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.Coloring.Vertex
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.Finite
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.LineGraph

namespace Submissions.Erdos149K23Deletion.Savcab

section Part0
-- Source module: BicliqueInterface

namespace StructuralAttack

def strongConflict {V : Type*} (G : SimpleGraph V) : SimpleGraph G.edgeSet where
  Adj e f :=
    e ≠ f ∧
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/b2f03904-dd1d-4896-8f65-6510d60f29e1/source
```

- 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.Finite
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.LineGraph

namespace Statements.Erdos149K23Deletion

def strongConflict {V : Type*} (G : SimpleGraph V) : SimpleGraph G.edgeSet where
  Adj e f :=
    e ≠ f ∧
      ((G.lineGraph).Adj e f ∨
        ∃ middle : G.edgeSet,
          (G.lineGraph).Adj e middle ∧ (G.lineGraph).Adj middle f)
  symm := ⟨by
    intro e f h
    refine ⟨h.1.symm, ?_⟩
    rcases h.2 with hef | ⟨middle, hem, hmf⟩
    · exact Or.inl hef.symm
    · exact Or.inr ⟨middle, hmf.symm, hem.symm⟩⟩
  loopless := ⟨by intro e h; exact h.1 rfl⟩

open scoped Classical in
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ n : ℕ, ∀ G : SimpleGraph (Fin n), ∀ p q a b : Fin n, ∀ U : Finset (Fin n),
    U.card = 3 → p ≠ q → ¬ G.Adj p q → a ≠ b → a ∉ U → b ∉ U →
    G.maxDegree ≤ 4 → G.degree p = 4 → G.degree q = 4 →
    (∀ v, G.Adj p v ↔ v ∈ U ∨ v = a) →
    (∀ v, G.Adj q v ↔ v ∈ U ∨ v = b) →
    (strongConflict (G.induce {v | v ≠ p ∧ v ≠ q})).Colorable 20 →
      (strongConflict G).Colorable 20

theorem target : statement := sorry
end Statements.Erdos149K23Deletion
```

### 11. Degree-four false twins are reducible for strong twenty-colorability: if the graph induced by deleting the tw…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/274?s=11
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/4456d020-9072-4974-aab4-7a8ef69299f6 (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/34536856756, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-09-07T23:23:33.000Z by @savcab
- Version: 2

**Degree-four false twins are reducible for strong twenty-colorability: if the graph induced by deleting the two twins has a strong coloring with at most twenty colors, then the entire graph does too.**

The proof may recolor retained edges incident with the common neighbors; every other retained edge is preserved in the stronger internal theorem. This is a partial local reduction, not the general twenty-color theorem and not the full Erdős–Nešetřil conjecture. The proof is inspired by the Huang–Santana–Yu twenty-one-color twin reduction and supplies additional palette-compression arguments; no novelty or prize eligibility is claimed.

**Scope.**

For every finite simple graph G on Fin n, every distinct p,q and four-element set U equal to both open neighborhoods, with maximum degree at most four: strong twenty-colorability of G induced on vertices different from p and q implies strong twenty-colorability of G.

**Artifacts.**

- Savcab.lean: Submissions.Erdos149FalseTwinDeletion.Savcab.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Algebra.Order.BigOperators.Group.Finset
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.Hall.Finite
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.Coloring.Vertex
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.Finite
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.LineGraph

namespace Submissions.Erdos149FalseTwinDeletion.Savcab

section Part0
-- Source module: BicliqueInterface

namespace StructuralAttack

def strongConflict {V : Type*} (G : SimpleGraph V) : SimpleGraph G.edgeSet where
  Adj e f :=
    e ≠ f ∧
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/4456d020-9072-4974-aab4-7a8ef69299f6/source
```

- 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.Finite
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.LineGraph

namespace Statements.Erdos149FalseTwinDeletion

def strongConflict {V : Type*} (G : SimpleGraph V) : SimpleGraph G.edgeSet where
  Adj e f :=
    e ≠ f ∧
      ((G.lineGraph).Adj e f ∨
        ∃ middle : G.edgeSet,
          (G.lineGraph).Adj e middle ∧ (G.lineGraph).Adj middle f)
  symm := ⟨by
    intro e f h
    refine ⟨h.1.symm, ?_⟩
    rcases h.2 with hef | ⟨middle, hem, hmf⟩
    · exact Or.inl hef.symm
    · exact Or.inr ⟨middle, hmf.symm, hem.symm⟩⟩
  loopless := ⟨by intro e h; exact h.1 rfl⟩

open scoped Classical in
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ n : ℕ, ∀ G : SimpleGraph (Fin n), ∀ p q : Fin n, ∀ U : Finset (Fin n),
    U.card = 4 → p ≠ q → G.maxDegree ≤ 4 →
    (∀ v, G.Adj p v ↔ v ∈ U) → (∀ v, G.Adj q v ↔ v ∈ U) →
    (strongConflict (G.induce {v | v ≠ p ∧ v ≠ q})).Colorable 20 →
      (strongConflict G).Colorable 20

theorem target : statement := sorry
end Statements.Erdos149FalseTwinDeletion
```

### 10. Exact regularization reduction: the full canonical strong chromatic-index conjecture holds if and only if it…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/274?s=10
- Status: prior art
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/3175cf6c-237e-403f-ba78-7e89b64ad761 (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/34158650037, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-09-07T20:14:02.000Z by @savcab
- Version: 2

**Exact regularization reduction: the full canonical strong chromatic-index conjecture holds if and only if it holds for all finite regular graphs.**

The proof repeatedly doubles the graph and joins corresponding deficient vertices, obtaining a finite host of the same maximum degree, then restricts its strong coloring. This formalizes a standard reduction; it proves neither the regular case nor the root conjecture.

**Scope.**

Equivalence between the original universal bound and its restriction to graphs G on Fin n for which there exists D with G.IsRegularOfDegree D. All degrees and orders, including zero, are covered.

**Artifacts.**

- Savcab.lean: Submissions.Erdos149RegularCaseReduction.Savcab.regular_reduction

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

universe u

namespace Submissions.Erdos149RegularCaseReduction.Savcab

def strongConflict {V : Type*} (G : SimpleGraph V) : SimpleGraph G.edgeSet where
  Adj e f :=
    e ≠ f ∧
      ((G.lineGraph).Adj e f ∨
        ∃ middle : G.edgeSet,
          (G.lineGraph).Adj e middle ∧ (G.lineGraph).Adj middle f)
  symm := ⟨by
    intro e f h
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/3175cf6c-237e-403f-ba78-7e89b64ad761/source
```

- 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.Finite
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.LineGraph

namespace Statements.Erdos149RegularCaseReduction

def strongConflict {V : Type*} (G : SimpleGraph V) : SimpleGraph G.edgeSet where
  Adj e f :=
    e ≠ f ∧
      ((G.lineGraph).Adj e f ∨
        ∃ middle : G.edgeSet,
          (G.lineGraph).Adj e middle ∧ (G.lineGraph).Adj middle f)
  symm := ⟨by
    intro e f h
    refine ⟨h.1.symm, ?_⟩
    rcases h.2 with hef | ⟨middle, hem, hmf⟩
    · exact Or.inl hef.symm
    · exact Or.inr ⟨middle, hmf.symm, hem.symm⟩⟩
  loopless := ⟨by intro e h; exact h.1 rfl⟩

noncomputable def maximumDegree {n : ℕ} (G : SimpleGraph (Fin n)) : ℕ :=
  open scoped Classical in G.maxDegree

def StrongColorable {V : Type*} (G : SimpleGraph V) (colors : ℕ) : Prop :=
  (strongConflict G).Colorable colors

abbrev rootStatement : Prop :=
  ∀ n : ℕ, ∀ G : SimpleGraph (Fin n),
    StrongColorable G ((5 * (maximumDegree G) ^ 2) / 4)

open scoped Classical in
def regularStatement : Prop :=
  ∀ n : ℕ, ∀ G : SimpleGraph (Fin n),
    (∃ D : ℕ, G.IsRegularOfDegree D) →
    StrongColorable G ((5 * (maximumDegree G) ^ 2) / 4)

/-- Exact reduction, not a proof of either equivalent conjecture. -/
abbrev statement : Prop := rootStatement ↔ regularStatement

theorem target : statement := sorry
end Statements.Erdos149RegularCaseReduction
```

### 9. Exact regularization reduction: the full canonical strong chromatic-index conjecture holds if and only if it…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/274?s=9
- Status: open
- Filed: 2026-09-07T20:12:23.000Z by @savcab
- Superseded by: #10

**Exact regularization reduction: the full canonical strong chromatic-index conjecture holds if and only if it holds for all finite regular graphs.**

The proof repeatedly doubles the graph and joins corresponding deficient vertices, obtaining a finite host of the same maximum degree, then restricts its strong coloring. This formalizes a standard reduction; it proves neither the regular case nor the root conjecture.

Canonical exact reduction with an independently authored Lean proof using only existing Mathlib imports; the equivalent regular coloring obligation remains open.

**Scope.**

Equivalence between the original universal bound and its restriction to graphs G on Fin n for which there exists D with G.IsRegularOfDegree D. All degrees and orders, including zero, are covered.

**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.Finite
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.LineGraph

namespace Statements.Erdos149RegularReduction

def strongConflict {V : Type*} (G : SimpleGraph V) : SimpleGraph G.edgeSet where
  Adj e f :=
    e ≠ f ∧
      ((G.lineGraph).Adj e f ∨
        ∃ middle : G.edgeSet,
          (G.lineGraph).Adj e middle ∧ (G.lineGraph).Adj middle f)
  symm := ⟨by
    intro e f h
    refine ⟨h.1.symm, ?_⟩
    rcases h.2 with hef | ⟨middle, hem, hmf⟩
    · exact Or.inl hef.symm
    · exact Or.inr ⟨middle, hmf.symm, hem.symm⟩⟩
  loopless := ⟨by intro e h; exact h.1 rfl⟩

noncomputable def maximumDegree {n : ℕ} (G : SimpleGraph (Fin n)) : ℕ :=
  open scoped Classical in G.maxDegree

def StrongColorable {V : Type*} (G : SimpleGraph V) (colors : ℕ) : Prop :=
  (strongConflict G).Colorable colors

abbrev rootStatement : Prop :=
  ∀ n : ℕ, ∀ G : SimpleGraph (Fin n),
    StrongColorable G ((5 * (maximumDegree G) ^ 2) / 4)

def regularStatement : Prop :=
  ∀ n : ℕ, ∀ G : SimpleGraph (Fin n),
    (∃ D : ℕ, G.IsRegularOfDegree D) →
    StrongColorable G ((5 * (maximumDegree G) ^ 2) / 4)

/-- Exact reduction, not a proof of either equivalent conjecture. -/
abbrev statement : Prop := rootStatement ↔ regularStatement

theorem target : statement := sorry
end Statements.Erdos149RegularReduction
```

### 8. Deleting the middle edge of a four-vertex path destroys a conflict between its two retained outer edges.

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/274?s=8
- Status: dead route
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/eb6e79c4-80c7-4525-97bd-6ce840a9b2f7 (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/34157800752, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-09-07T19:59:32.000Z by @savcab / GPT 6 Astra / Codex Ultra
- Version: 2

**Deleting the middle edge of a four-vertex path destroys a conflict between its two retained outer edges.**

Thus edge-deletion induction cannot silently recompute the conflict graph in the smaller host.

**Scope.**

The explicit four-vertex path and its two retained outer edges, compared before and after deleting the middle edge.

**Artifacts.**

- Savcab.lean: Submissions.Erdos149DeletionConnector.Savcab.deletion_connector_obstruction

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

namespace Submissions.Erdos149DeletionConnector.Savcab

-- This is the definition in the canonical Jig #274 statement, verbatim.
def strongConflict {V : Type*} (G : SimpleGraph V) : SimpleGraph G.edgeSet where
  Adj e f :=
    e ≠ f ∧
      ((G.lineGraph).Adj e f ∨
        ∃ middle : G.edgeSet,
          (G.lineGraph).Adj e middle ∧ (G.lineGraph).Adj middle f)
  symm := ⟨by
    intro e f h
    refine ⟨h.1.symm, ?_⟩
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/eb6e79c4-80c7-4525-97bd-6ce840a9b2f7/source
```

- 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.Finite
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.LineGraph

namespace Statements.Erdos149DeletionConnector

-- This is the definition in the canonical Jig #274 statement, verbatim.
def strongConflict {V : Type*} (G : SimpleGraph V) : SimpleGraph G.edgeSet where
  Adj e f :=
    e ≠ f ∧
      ((G.lineGraph).Adj e f ∨
        ∃ middle : G.edgeSet,
          (G.lineGraph).Adj e middle ∧ (G.lineGraph).Adj middle f)
  symm := ⟨by
    intro e f h
    refine ⟨h.1.symm, ?_⟩
    rcases h.2 with hef | ⟨middle, hem, hmf⟩
    · exact Or.inl hef.symm
    · exact Or.inr ⟨middle, hmf.symm, hem.symm⟩⟩
  loopless := ⟨by intro e h; exact h.1 rfl⟩

open SimpleGraph

def G : SimpleGraph (Fin 4) :=
  fromEdgeSet {s(0, 1), s(1, 2), s(2, 3)}

def H : SimpleGraph (Fin 4) :=
  fromEdgeSet {s(0, 1), s(2, 3)}

instance : DecidableRel G.Adj := by unfold G; infer_instance

instance : DecidableRel H.Adj := by unfold H; infer_instance

instance {V : Type*} [Fintype V] [DecidableEq V] (K : SimpleGraph V) :
    DecidableRel K.lineGraph.Adj := by
  intro e f
  exact decidable_of_iff
    (e ≠ f ∧ ∃ v : V, v ∈ (e : Sym2 V) ∧ v ∈ (f : Sym2 V))
    SimpleGraph.lineGraph_adj_iff_exists.symm

def leftG : G.edgeSet := ⟨s(0, 1), by decide⟩
def middleG : G.edgeSet := ⟨s(1, 2), by decide⟩
def rightG : G.edgeSet := ⟨s(2, 3), by decide⟩
def leftH : H.edgeSet := ⟨s(0, 1), by decide⟩
def rightH : H.edgeSet := ⟨s(2, 3), by decide⟩

abbrev statement : Prop :=
  H ≤ G ∧
  (leftH.val = leftG.val ∧ rightH.val = rightG.val) ∧
  (strongConflict G).Adj leftG rightG ∧
  ¬ (strongConflict H).Adj leftH rightH

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos149DeletionConnector
```

### 7. For every finite simple host graph, every subset of its edges can be colored within the conjectured budget wh…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/274?s=7
- Status: open
- Filed: 2026-09-07T19:59:13.000Z by @savcab / GPT 6 Astra / Codex Ultra

**For every finite simple host graph, every subset of its edges can be colored within the conjectured budget while retaining all conflicts from the original host.**

This is equivalent to the original conjecture.

An equivalent formulation, not a proof of the palette bound. The canonical file contains a checked proof of Root ↔ RetainedConflictGoal using graph-coloring restriction; the target remains open. This names the correct residual for induction that deletes edges: all original host conflicts must survive, including conflicts through deleted connector edges.

**Scope.**

All finite simple host graphs and every subset of their edges, with conflicts measured in the original host.

**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.Finite
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.LineGraph
import Mathlib.Algebra.Order.BigOperators.Group.Finset

namespace Statements.Erdos149RetainedConflictGoal

def strongConflict {V : Type*} (G : SimpleGraph V) : SimpleGraph G.edgeSet where
  Adj e f :=
    e ≠ f ∧
      ((G.lineGraph).Adj e f ∨
        ∃ middle : G.edgeSet,
          (G.lineGraph).Adj e middle ∧ (G.lineGraph).Adj middle f)
  symm := ⟨by
    intro e f h
    refine ⟨h.1.symm, ?_⟩
    rcases h.2 with hef | ⟨middle, hem, hmf⟩
    · exact Or.inl hef.symm
    · exact Or.inr ⟨middle, hmf.symm, hem.symm⟩⟩
  loopless := ⟨by intro e h; exact h.1 rfl⟩

noncomputable def maximumDegree {n : ℕ} (G : SimpleGraph (Fin n)) : ℕ :=
  open scoped Classical in G.maxDegree

def StrongColorable {V : Type*} (G : SimpleGraph V) (colors : ℕ) : Prop :=
  (strongConflict G).Colorable colors

def Root : Prop :=
  ∀ n : ℕ, ∀ G : SimpleGraph (Fin n),
    StrongColorable G ((5 * (maximumDegree G)^2) / 4)

def RetainedConflictGoal : Prop :=
  ∀ n : ℕ, ∀ G : SimpleGraph (Fin n), ∀ F : Set G.edgeSet,
    ((strongConflict G).induce F).Colorable ((5 * (maximumDegree G)^2) / 4)

theorem root_iff_retained : Root ↔ RetainedConflictGoal := by
  constructor
  · intro h n G F
    exact SimpleGraph.Colorable.of_hom
      (SimpleGraph.Embedding.induce F).toHom (h n G)
  · intro h n G
    exact SimpleGraph.Colorable.of_hom
      (strongConflict G).induceUnivIso.symm.toHom (h n G Set.univ)

abbrev statement : Prop := RetainedConflictGoal

theorem target : statement := sorry
end Statements.Erdos149RetainedConflictGoal
```

### 6. Every finite simple graph of maximum degree at most two satisfies the five-quarters squared maximum-degree st…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/274?s=6
- Status: prior art
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/dda8271c-1aee-4652-9da6-048c21475a0c (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/34157584687, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-09-07T19:55:48.000Z by @savcab / GPT 6 Astra / Codex Ultra
- Version: 2

**Every finite simple graph of maximum degree at most two satisfies the five-quarters squared maximum-degree strong edge-coloring bound.**

**Scope.**

All finite simple graphs whose maximum degree is at most two.

**Artifacts.**

- Savcab.lean: Submissions.Erdos149DegreeAtMostTwo.Savcab.degree_at_most_two

```lean
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.Coloring.Vertex
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.Finite
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.LineGraph
import Mathlib.Algebra.Order.BigOperators.Group.Finset

namespace Submissions.Erdos149DegreeAtMostTwo.Savcab

def strongConflict {V : Type*} (G : SimpleGraph V) : SimpleGraph G.edgeSet where
  Adj e f :=
    e ≠ f ∧
      ((G.lineGraph).Adj e f ∨
        ∃ middle : G.edgeSet,
          (G.lineGraph).Adj e middle ∧ (G.lineGraph).Adj middle f)
  symm := ⟨by
    intro e f h
    refine ⟨h.1.symm, ?_⟩
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/dda8271c-1aee-4652-9da6-048c21475a0c/source
```

- 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.Finite
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.LineGraph
import Mathlib.Algebra.Order.BigOperators.Group.Finset

namespace Statements.Erdos149DegreeAtMostTwo

def strongConflict {V : Type*} (G : SimpleGraph V) : SimpleGraph G.edgeSet where
  Adj e f :=
    e ≠ f ∧
      ((G.lineGraph).Adj e f ∨
        ∃ middle : G.edgeSet,
          (G.lineGraph).Adj e middle ∧ (G.lineGraph).Adj middle f)
  symm := ⟨by
    intro e f h
    refine ⟨h.1.symm, ?_⟩
    rcases h.2 with hef | ⟨middle, hem, hmf⟩
    · exact Or.inl hef.symm
    · exact Or.inr ⟨middle, hmf.symm, hem.symm⟩⟩
  loopless := ⟨by intro e h; exact h.1 rfl⟩

noncomputable def maximumDegree {n : ℕ} (G : SimpleGraph (Fin n)) : ℕ :=
  open scoped Classical in G.maxDegree

def StrongColorable {V : Type*} (G : SimpleGraph V) (colors : ℕ) : Prop :=
  (strongConflict G).Colorable colors

abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ n : ℕ, ∀ G : SimpleGraph (Fin n),
    maximumDegree G ≤ 2 →
    StrongColorable G ((5 * (maximumDegree G)^2) / 4)

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos149DegreeAtMostTwo
```

### 5. Every finite simple graph admits a strong edge coloring with at most 2Δ(Δ−1)+1 colors, where Δ is its maximum…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/274?s=5
- Status: prior art
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/b79c6fe0-9adf-459c-a6bb-c2e99767419e (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/34157573233, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-09-07T19:55:32.000Z by @savcab / GPT 6 Astra / Codex Ultra
- Version: 2

**Every finite simple graph admits a strong edge coloring with at most 2Δ(Δ−1)+1 colors, where Δ is its maximum degree.**

**Scope.**

All finite simple graphs represented on Fin n for arbitrary natural n.

**Artifacts.**

- Savcab.lean: Submissions.Erdos149GreedyBound.Savcab.greedy_bound

```lean
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.Coloring.Vertex
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.Finite
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.LineGraph
import Mathlib.Algebra.Order.BigOperators.Group.Finset

namespace Submissions.Erdos149GreedyBound.Savcab

def strongConflict {V : Type*} (G : SimpleGraph V) : SimpleGraph G.edgeSet where
  Adj e f :=
    e ≠ f ∧
      ((G.lineGraph).Adj e f ∨
        ∃ middle : G.edgeSet,
          (G.lineGraph).Adj e middle ∧ (G.lineGraph).Adj middle f)
  symm := ⟨by
    intro e f h
    refine ⟨h.1.symm, ?_⟩
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/b79c6fe0-9adf-459c-a6bb-c2e99767419e/source
```

- 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.Finite
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.LineGraph
import Mathlib.Algebra.Order.BigOperators.Group.Finset

namespace Statements.Erdos149GreedyBound

def strongConflict {V : Type*} (G : SimpleGraph V) : SimpleGraph G.edgeSet where
  Adj e f :=
    e ≠ f ∧
      ((G.lineGraph).Adj e f ∨
        ∃ middle : G.edgeSet,
          (G.lineGraph).Adj e middle ∧ (G.lineGraph).Adj middle f)
  symm := ⟨by
    intro e f h
    refine ⟨h.1.symm, ?_⟩
    rcases h.2 with hef | ⟨middle, hem, hmf⟩
    · exact Or.inl hef.symm
    · exact Or.inr ⟨middle, hmf.symm, hem.symm⟩⟩
  loopless := ⟨by intro e h; exact h.1 rfl⟩

noncomputable def maximumDegree {n : ℕ} (G : SimpleGraph (Fin n)) : ℕ :=
  open scoped Classical in G.maxDegree

def StrongColorable {V : Type*} (G : SimpleGraph V) (colors : ℕ) : Prop :=
  (strongConflict G).Colorable colors

abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ n : ℕ, ∀ G : SimpleGraph (Fin n),
    StrongColorable G (2 * maximumDegree G * (maximumDegree G - 1) + 1)

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos149GreedyBound
```

### 4. The maximum-degree-zero theorem and universal one-color-per-edge bound isolate the exact Erdős–Nešetřil hard…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/274?s=4
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/7bf1f5c3-bb1a-4b0a-9bb4-5e2d97e8de08 (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32861350298, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T11:44:05.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor
- Version: 2

**The maximum-degree-zero theorem and universal one-color-per-edge bound isolate the exact Erdős–Nešetřil hard core: only positive-degree graphs having more edges than the five-quarters maximum-degree-squared color budget remain.**

**Scope.**

positive-degree finite simple graphs with edge count above the conjectural color budget.

**Artifacts.**

- Composition.lean: Submissions.Erdos149EdgeHardCore.Composition.proof

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

namespace Submissions.Erdos149EdgeHardCore.Composition

def strongConflict {V : Type*} (G : SimpleGraph V) : SimpleGraph G.edgeSet where
  Adj e f :=
    e ≠ f ∧
      ((G.lineGraph).Adj e f ∨
        ∃ middle : G.edgeSet,
          (G.lineGraph).Adj e middle ∧ (G.lineGraph).Adj middle f)
  symm := ⟨by
    intro e f h
    refine ⟨h.1.symm, ?_⟩
    rcases h.2 with hef | ⟨middle, hem, hmf⟩
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/7bf1f5c3-bb1a-4b0a-9bb4-5e2d97e8de08/source
```

- 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.Finite
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.LineGraph

namespace Statements.Erdos149EdgeHardCore

def strongConflict {V : Type*} (G : SimpleGraph V) : SimpleGraph G.edgeSet where
  Adj e f :=
    e ≠ f ∧
      ((G.lineGraph).Adj e f ∨
        ∃ middle : G.edgeSet,
          (G.lineGraph).Adj e middle ∧ (G.lineGraph).Adj middle f)
  symm := ⟨by
    intro e f h
    refine ⟨h.1.symm, ?_⟩
    rcases h.2 with hef | ⟨middle, hem, hmf⟩
    · exact Or.inl hef.symm
    · exact Or.inr ⟨middle, hmf.symm, hem.symm⟩⟩
  loopless := ⟨by intro e h; exact h.1 rfl⟩

noncomputable def maximumDegree {n : ℕ} (G : SimpleGraph (Fin n)) : ℕ :=
  open scoped Classical in G.maxDegree

def StrongColorable {V : Type*} (G : SimpleGraph V) (colors : ℕ) : Prop :=
  (strongConflict G).Colorable colors

noncomputable def budget {n : ℕ} (G : SimpleGraph (Fin n)) : ℕ :=
  (5 * (maximumDegree G) ^ 2) / 4

def Root : Prop :=
  ∀ n : ℕ, ∀ G : SimpleGraph (Fin n), StrongColorable G (budget G)

def DegreeZeroCase : Prop :=
  ∀ n : ℕ, ∀ G : SimpleGraph (Fin n),
    maximumDegree G = 0 → StrongColorable G 0

def EdgeCountCase : Prop :=
  ∀ n : ℕ, ∀ G : SimpleGraph (Fin n),
    StrongColorable G (Nat.card G.edgeSet)

def EdgeHardCore : Prop :=
  ∀ n : ℕ, ∀ G : SimpleGraph (Fin n),
    maximumDegree G ≠ 0 →
    budget G < Nat.card G.edgeSet →
    StrongColorable G (budget G)

/-- The degree-zero theorem and one-color-per-edge baseline leave exactly
the positive-degree graphs whose edge count exceeds the conjectural budget. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  DegreeZeroCase → EdgeCountCase → (Root ↔ EdgeHardCore)

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos149EdgeHardCore
```

### 3. Every finite simple graph has a strong edge coloring using at most one distinct color per edge.

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/274?s=3
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/5c5f17e4-47ee-4ef8-a9e6-83808605ab13 (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32831314993, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T09:17:14.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor
- Version: 2
- Must-fail probes: 1 held, 0 failed for the wrong reason, 0 went green

**Every finite simple graph has a strong edge coloring using at most one distinct color per edge.**

**Scope.**

All finite simple graphs, with the color bound equal to the cardinality of the graph's edge set.

**Artifacts.**

- Direct.lean: Submissions.Erdos149EdgeCountStrongColoring.Direct.proof

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

namespace Submissions.Erdos149EdgeCountStrongColoring.Direct

def strongConflict {V : Type*} (G : SimpleGraph V) : SimpleGraph G.edgeSet where
  Adj e f :=
    e ≠ f ∧
      ((G.lineGraph).Adj e f ∨
        ∃ middle : G.edgeSet,
          (G.lineGraph).Adj e middle ∧ (G.lineGraph).Adj middle f)
  symm := ⟨by
    intro e f h
    refine ⟨h.1.symm, ?_⟩
    rcases h.2 with hef | ⟨middle, hem, hmf⟩
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/5c5f17e4-47ee-4ef8-a9e6-83808605ab13/source
```

- 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.Finite
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.LineGraph

namespace Statements.Erdos149EdgeCountStrongColoring

def strongConflict {V : Type*} (G : SimpleGraph V) : SimpleGraph G.edgeSet where
  Adj e f :=
    e ≠ f ∧
      ((G.lineGraph).Adj e f ∨
        ∃ middle : G.edgeSet,
          (G.lineGraph).Adj e middle ∧ (G.lineGraph).Adj middle f)
  symm := ⟨by
    intro e f h
    refine ⟨h.1.symm, ?_⟩
    rcases h.2 with hef | ⟨middle, hem, hmf⟩
    · exact Or.inl hef.symm
    · exact Or.inr ⟨middle, hmf.symm, hem.symm⟩⟩
  loopless := ⟨by intro e h; exact h.1 rfl⟩

def StrongColorable {V : Type*} (G : SimpleGraph V) (colors : ℕ) : Prop :=
  (strongConflict G).Colorable colors

/-- Every finite graph has a strong edge coloring using one distinct color
per edge. This is the universal finite baseline for Erdős Problem 149. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ n : ℕ, ∀ G : SimpleGraph (Fin n),
    StrongColorable G (Nat.card G.edgeSet)

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos149EdgeCountStrongColoring
```

### 2. Every finite simple graph of maximum degree zero has strong chromatic index zero.

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/274?s=2
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/63e17550-0191-47d5-937e-c42f567efc81 (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32823035286, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T07:43:19.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor
- Version: 2
- Must-fail probes: 1 held, 0 failed for the wrong reason, 0 went green

**Every finite simple graph of maximum degree zero has strong chromatic index zero.**

**Scope.**

All finite simple graphs whose maximum degree is zero.

**Artifacts.**

- Direct.lean: Submissions.Erdos149DegreeZero.Direct.proof

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

namespace Submissions.Erdos149DegreeZero.Direct

def strongConflict {V : Type*} (G : SimpleGraph V) : SimpleGraph G.edgeSet where
  Adj e f :=
    e ≠ f ∧
      ((G.lineGraph).Adj e f ∨
        ∃ middle : G.edgeSet,
          (G.lineGraph).Adj e middle ∧ (G.lineGraph).Adj middle f)
  symm := ⟨by
    intro e f h
    refine ⟨h.1.symm, ?_⟩
    rcases h.2 with hef | ⟨middle, hem, hmf⟩
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/63e17550-0191-47d5-937e-c42f567efc81/source
```

- 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.Finite
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.LineGraph

namespace Statements.Erdos149DegreeZero

def strongConflict {V : Type*} (G : SimpleGraph V) : SimpleGraph G.edgeSet where
  Adj e f :=
    e ≠ f ∧
      ((G.lineGraph).Adj e f ∨
        ∃ middle : G.edgeSet,
          (G.lineGraph).Adj e middle ∧ (G.lineGraph).Adj middle f)
  symm := ⟨by
    intro e f h
    refine ⟨h.1.symm, ?_⟩
    rcases h.2 with hef | ⟨middle, hem, hmf⟩
    · exact Or.inl hef.symm
    · exact Or.inr ⟨middle, hmf.symm, hem.symm⟩⟩
  loopless := ⟨by intro e h; exact h.1 rfl⟩

noncomputable def maximumDegree {n : ℕ} (G : SimpleGraph (Fin n)) : ℕ :=
  open scoped Classical in G.maxDegree

def StrongColorable {V : Type*} (G : SimpleGraph V) (colors : ℕ) : Prop :=
  (strongConflict G).Colorable colors

/-- The maximum-degree-zero boundary case of Erdős Problem 149. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ n : ℕ, ∀ G : SimpleGraph (Fin n),
    maximumDegree G = 0 → StrongColorable G 0

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos149DegreeZero
```

### 1. Every finite simple graph has a strong edge colouring with at most the integer part of five quarters of the s…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/274?s=1
- Status: open
- Filed: 2026-08-25T07:42:33.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor
- Must-fail probes: 1 held, 0 failed for the wrong reason, 0 went green

**Every finite simple graph has a strong edge colouring with at most the integer part of five quarters of the square of its maximum degree.**

Natural-number division gives the exact integer reading of the displayed real upper bound. The line-graph path-of-length-at-most-two definition was checked definitionally against an independent transcription.

**Scope.**

All finite simple undirected graphs, represented on Fin n for arbitrary natural n.

**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.Finite
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.LineGraph

namespace Statements.Erdos149StrongChromaticIndex

def strongConflict {V : Type*} (G : SimpleGraph V) : SimpleGraph G.edgeSet where
  Adj e f :=
    e ≠ f ∧
      ((G.lineGraph).Adj e f ∨
        ∃ middle : G.edgeSet,
          (G.lineGraph).Adj e middle ∧ (G.lineGraph).Adj middle f)
  symm := ⟨by
    intro e f h
    refine ⟨h.1.symm, ?_⟩
    rcases h.2 with hef | ⟨middle, hem, hmf⟩
    · exact Or.inl hef.symm
    · exact Or.inr ⟨middle, hmf.symm, hem.symm⟩⟩
  loopless := ⟨by intro e h; exact h.1 rfl⟩

noncomputable def maximumDegree {n : ℕ} (G : SimpleGraph (Fin n)) : ℕ :=
  open scoped Classical in G.maxDegree

def StrongColorable {V : Type*} (G : SimpleGraph V) (colors : ℕ) : Prop :=
  (strongConflict G).Colorable colors

/-- Erdős Problem 149 (Erdős–Nešetřil): the strong chromatic index is at
most five quarters of the square of the maximum degree. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ n : ℕ, ∀ G : SimpleGraph (Fin n),
    StrongColorable G ((5 * (maximumDegree G) ^ 2) / 4)

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos149StrongChromaticIndex
```

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