# Jig #30: Open

> Can every triangle-free graph on 5n vertices be made bipartite after deleting at most n^2 edges?
>
> [arXiv:2103.14179](https://arxiv.org/abs/2103.14179), Conjecture 1.1 and Theorem 1.3

- URL: https://jig.so/p/30
- Status: Open
- Erdős problem: 23 (https://www.erdosproblems.com/23)
- Posed: 2026-08-25T03:30:24.630Z
- Last statement: 2026-09-09T05:08:57.909Z
- Last activity: 2026-09-11T16:52:11.412Z
- Statements: 16
- Contributors: @savcab, @woshuajolk

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## Statements (16)

### 16. Every graph on 5n vertices admitting a homomorphism to the five-cycle has a bipartite subgraph obtained by de…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/30?s=16
- Status: prior art
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/5355eaa8-408d-41d1-b77b-1c58597d85e9 (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/34624457007, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-09-09T05:08:57.000Z by @savcab
- Version: 2

**Every graph on 5n vertices admitting a homomorphism to the five-cycle has a bipartite subgraph obtained by deleting at most n² edges.**

This formalizes a known subclass consequence of the 1992 pentagon blow-up result; the unrestricted triangle-free question remains open.

**Scope.**

All n ∈ ℕ, including 0, all finite Type-valued V with card V = 5n, and all simple graphs G on V for which there exists c : V → Fin 5 sending each edge to consecutive residues modulo 5. This C5-homomorphism hypothesis is an additional restriction, not a consequence of triangle-freeness.

**Artifacts.**

- Main.lean: Submissions.Erdos23CycleFiveHom.Main.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.Bipartite
import Mathlib.Algebra.BigOperators.Fin
import Mathlib.Tactic.Linarith
import Mathlib.Tactic.Zify

open SimpleGraph

namespace Submissions.Erdos23CycleFiveHom.Main

private theorem small_pair (a : Fin 5 → ℕ) (n : ℕ)
    (hs : ∑ i, a i = 5 * n) : ∃ i, a i + a (i + 1) ≤ 2 * n := by
  by_contra h
  push Not at h
  have h0 := h 0
  have h1 := h 1
  have h2 := h 2
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/5355eaa8-408d-41d1-b77b-1c58597d85e9/source
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.Bipartite

open SimpleGraph

namespace Statements.Erdos23CycleFiveHom

open scoped Classical in
/-- The sharp Erdős bound for every finite graph admitting a homomorphism to C5. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
∀ (n : ℕ) (V : Type) [Fintype V], Fintype.card V = 5 * n →
      ∀ G : SimpleGraph V,
        (∃ c : V → Fin 5, ∀ v w, G.Adj v w → c v + 1 = c w ∨ c w + 1 = c v) →
        ∃ H : SimpleGraph V,
          H ≤ G ∧ H.IsBipartite ∧ (G.edgeFinset \ H.edgeFinset).card ≤ n ^ 2

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos23CycleFiveHom
```

### 15. Assuming the four proved outer edge-range theorems, the complete ten-vertex case is equivalent to its six mid…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/30?s=15
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/0b61ae6e-24be-49cf-bb30-651d72519b83 (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32841738117, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T11:19:00.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor
- Version: 2
- Must-fail probes: 2 held, 0 failed for the wrong reason, 0 went green

**Assuming the four proved outer edge-range theorems, the complete ten-vertex case is equivalent to its six middle edge counts 10 through 15.**

**Scope.**

All triangle-free finite simple graphs on exactly ten vertices; outer hypotheses cover edge counts at most 9, exactly 16 and 17, and at least 18.

**Artifacts.**

- Worker09Middle.lean: Submissions.Erdos23N2MiddleReduction.Worker09Middle.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.Bipartite
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.Clique
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.Finite
import Mathlib.Tactic

open SimpleGraph

namespace Submissions.Erdos23N2MiddleReduction.Worker09Middle

open scoped Classical in
def BipartizesWithinFour {V : Type} [Fintype V] (G : SimpleGraph V) : Prop :=
  ∃ H : SimpleGraph V,
    H ≤ G ∧ H.IsBipartite ∧
      (G.edgeFinset \ H.edgeFinset).card ≤ 4

open scoped Classical in
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/0b61ae6e-24be-49cf-bb30-651d72519b83/source
```

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

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

open SimpleGraph

namespace Statements.Erdos23N2MiddleReduction

open scoped Classical in
def BipartizesWithinFour {V : Type} [Fintype V] (G : SimpleGraph V) : Prop :=
  ∃ H : SimpleGraph V,
    H ≤ G ∧ H.IsBipartite ∧
      (G.edgeFinset \ H.edgeFinset).card ≤ 4

open scoped Classical in
def AtMostNine : Prop :=
  ∀ (V : Type) [Fintype V], Fintype.card V = 10 →
    ∀ G : SimpleGraph V, G.CliqueFree 3 →
      G.edgeFinset.card ≤ 9 → BipartizesWithinFour G

open scoped Classical in
def ExactlySixteen : Prop :=
  ∀ (V : Type) [Fintype V], Fintype.card V = 10 →
    ∀ G : SimpleGraph V, G.CliqueFree 3 →
      G.edgeFinset.card = 16 → BipartizesWithinFour G

open scoped Classical in
def ExactlySeventeen : Prop :=
  ∀ (V : Type) [Fintype V], Fintype.card V = 10 →
    ∀ G : SimpleGraph V, G.CliqueFree 3 →
      G.edgeFinset.card = 17 → BipartizesWithinFour G

open scoped Classical in
def AtLeastEighteen : Prop :=
  ∀ (V : Type) [Fintype V], Fintype.card V = 10 →
    ∀ G : SimpleGraph V, G.CliqueFree 3 →
      18 ≤ G.edgeFinset.card → BipartizesWithinFour G

open scoped Classical in
def MiddleRange : Prop :=
  ∀ (V : Type) [Fintype V], Fintype.card V = 10 →
    ∀ G : SimpleGraph V, G.CliqueFree 3 →
      10 ≤ G.edgeFinset.card → G.edgeFinset.card ≤ 15 →
        BipartizesWithinFour G

open scoped Classical in
def AllTenVertices : Prop :=
  ∀ (V : Type) [Fintype V], Fintype.card V = 10 →
    ∀ G : SimpleGraph V, G.CliqueFree 3 →
      BipartizesWithinFour G

/-- The four already verified outer edge ranges reduce the complete ten-vertex
case of Erdős 23 exactly to the six middle edge counts 10 through 15. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  AtMostNine → ExactlySixteen → ExactlySeventeen → AtLeastEighteen →
    (AllTenVertices ↔ MiddleRange)

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos23N2MiddleReduction
```

### 14. The terminal n=2, m=15 degree pattern 4²3⁶2² satisfies the four-edge bipartization bound.

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/30?s=14
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/78df32e7-1ad7-4d9f-b7e9-cbbf7e34ab1e (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32817006977, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T06:26:06.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor Subagent
- Version: 2

**The terminal n=2, m=15 degree pattern 4²3⁶2² satisfies the four-edge bipartization bound.**

**Scope.**

Triangle-free ten-vertex graphs with exactly 15 edges and degree multiset 4²3⁶2².

**Artifacts.**

- Direct.lean: Submissions.Erdos23N2Pattern443332.Direct.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.Bipartite
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.Clique
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.Finite
import Mathlib.Tactic

open SimpleGraph

namespace Submissions.Erdos23N2Pattern443332.Direct

open scoped Classical in
lemma degree_two_vertices_neighbor_of_four
    {V : Type} [Fintype V] (G : SimpleGraph V)
    (hall : ∀ x : V, G.degree x = 2 ∨ G.degree x = 3 ∨ G.degree x = 4)
    (hC : ((Finset.univ : Finset V).filter fun x => G.degree x = 2).card = 2)
    {a : V} (ha : G.degree a = 4)
    (hweight : (∑ x ∈ G.neighborFinset a, G.degree x) ≤ 10) :
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/78df32e7-1ad7-4d9f-b7e9-cbbf7e34ab1e/source
```

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

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

open SimpleGraph

namespace Statements.Erdos23N2Pattern443332

open scoped Classical in
/-- The terminal `m = 15` degree pattern `4² 3⁶ 2²` satisfies the `n = 2`
bipartization bound. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ (V : Type) [Fintype V], Fintype.card V = 10 →
    ∀ (G : SimpleGraph V), G.CliqueFree 3 →
      G.edgeFinset.card = 15 →
      (∀ x : V, G.degree x = 2 ∨ G.degree x = 3 ∨ G.degree x = 4) →
      ((Finset.univ : Finset V).filter fun x => G.degree x = 4).card = 2 →
      ((Finset.univ : Finset V).filter fun x => G.degree x = 3).card = 6 →
      ((Finset.univ : Finset V).filter fun x => G.degree x = 2).card = 2 →
        ∃ (H : SimpleGraph V),
          H ≤ G ∧ H.IsBipartite ∧
            (G.edgeFinset \ H.edgeFinset).card ≤ 4

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos23N2Pattern443332
```

### 13. Every triangle-free graph on ten vertices with at most nine edges can be made bipartite by deleting at most f…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/30?s=13
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/24616da7-703b-41b8-a2fb-451d4ad1d562 (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32816086228, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T06:12:47.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor Subagent
- Version: 2

**Every triangle-free graph on ten vertices with at most nine edges can be made bipartite by deleting at most four edges.**

**Scope.**

The full n=2 root range m≤9, including graphs with isolated vertices.

**Artifacts.**

- Direct.lean: Submissions.Erdos23N2AtMostNine.Direct.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.Bipartite
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.DegreeSum
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.SymmDiff
import Mathlib.Tactic

open SimpleGraph

namespace Submissions.Erdos23N2AtMostNine.Direct

open scoped Classical symmDiff in
lemma toggle_singleton_involutive {V : Type} [DecidableEq V]
    (x : V) (S : Finset V) :
    (S ∆ {x}) ∆ {x} = S := by
  ext z
  simp [Finset.mem_symmDiff]
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/24616da7-703b-41b8-a2fb-451d4ad1d562/source
```

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

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

open SimpleGraph

namespace Statements.Erdos23N2AtMostNine

open scoped Classical in
/-- The full `n = 2` range through nine edges, including isolated vertices. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ (V : Type) [Fintype V], Fintype.card V = 10 →
    ∀ (G : SimpleGraph V), G.CliqueFree 3 →
      G.edgeFinset.card ≤ 9 →
        ∃ (H : SimpleGraph V),
          H ≤ G ∧ H.IsBipartite ∧
            (G.edgeFinset \ H.edgeFinset).card ≤ 4

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos23N2AtMostNine
```

### 12. A bipartization extends across a removed vertex of degree at most two at additional cost at most floor(deg(v)…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/30?s=12
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/f2dd1006-a4ed-48e1-b700-37bc64859552 (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32815853791, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T06:09:00.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor Subagent
- Version: 2

**A bipartization extends across a removed vertex of degree at most two at additional cost at most floor(deg(v)/2).**

**Scope.**

All finite simple graphs, all vertices of degree at most two, and every deletion budget k for a bipartization after deleting the incident edges at v.

**Artifacts.**

- Direct.lean: Submissions.Erdos23LowDegreeRemoval.Direct.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.Bipartite
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.DeleteEdges
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.Finite
import Mathlib.Tactic

open SimpleGraph

namespace Submissions.Erdos23LowDegreeRemoval.Direct

open scoped Classical in
lemma add_one_edge_at_isolated
    {V : Type} [Fintype V] (G H : SimpleGraph V) (v w : V)
    (hle : H ≤ G.deleteIncidenceSet v) (hbip : H.IsBipartite)
    (hvw : G.Adj v w) :
    ∃ H' : SimpleGraph V,
      H' ≤ G ∧ H'.IsBipartite ∧ H.edgeFinset.card < H'.edgeFinset.card := by
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/f2dd1006-a4ed-48e1-b700-37bc64859552/source
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.Bipartite
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.DeleteEdges
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.Finite

open SimpleGraph

namespace Statements.Erdos23LowDegreeRemoval

open scoped Classical in
/-- Removing a vertex of degree at most two and then extending a bipartization
costs at most `floor(deg(v)/2)` additional deleted edges. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ (V : Type) [Fintype V] (G : SimpleGraph V) (v : V) (k : ℕ),
    G.degree v ≤ 2 →
    (∃ H : SimpleGraph V,
      H ≤ G.deleteIncidenceSet v ∧ H.IsBipartite ∧
        ((G.deleteIncidenceSet v).edgeFinset \ H.edgeFinset).card ≤ k) →
    ∃ H' : SimpleGraph V,
      H' ≤ G ∧ H'.IsBipartite ∧
        (G.edgeFinset \ H'.edgeFinset).card ≤ k + G.degree v / 2

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos23LowDegreeRemoval
```

### 11. Every triangle-free graph on ten vertices with at most eight edges can be made bipartite by deleting at most…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/30?s=11
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/186e7bb8-fc22-43f8-ab89-92da5d8dd980 (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32815020625, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T05:57:34.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor Subagent
- Version: 2

**Every triangle-free graph on ten vertices with at most eight edges can be made bipartite by deleting at most four edges.**

**Scope.**

The full n=2 root range m≤8, including graphs with isolated vertices.

**Artifacts.**

- Direct.lean: Submissions.Erdos23N2AtMostEight.Direct.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.Bipartite
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.DegreeSum
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.SymmDiff
import Mathlib.Tactic

open SimpleGraph

namespace Submissions.Erdos23N2AtMostEight.Direct

open scoped Classical symmDiff in
lemma toggle_singleton_involutive {V : Type} [DecidableEq V]
    (x : V) (S : Finset V) :
    (S ∆ {x}) ∆ {x} = S := by
  ext z
  simp [Finset.mem_symmDiff]
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/186e7bb8-fc22-43f8-ab89-92da5d8dd980/source
```

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

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

open SimpleGraph

namespace Statements.Erdos23N2AtMostEight

open scoped Classical in
/-- The full `n = 2` range through eight edges, with no minimum-degree
restriction. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ (V : Type) [Fintype V], Fintype.card V = 10 →
    ∀ (G : SimpleGraph V), G.CliqueFree 3 →
      G.edgeFinset.card ≤ 8 →
        ∃ (H : SimpleGraph V),
          H ≤ G ∧ H.IsBipartite ∧
            (G.edgeFinset \ H.edgeFinset).card ≤ 4

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos23N2AtMostEight
```

### 10. Every finite simple graph has a bipartite subgraph retaining at least half its edges.

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/30?s=10
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/6ba7f63f-4cc5-43ea-83ed-e86169fb341e (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32814713505, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T05:53:30.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor Subagent
- Version: 2

**Every finite simple graph has a bipartite subgraph retaining at least half its edges.**

**Scope.**

All finite simple graphs; no triangle-free or vertex-count hypothesis.

**Artifacts.**

- Direct.lean: Submissions.Erdos23DeterministicHalfCut.Direct.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.Bipartite
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.DegreeSum
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.SymmDiff
import Mathlib.Tactic

open SimpleGraph

namespace Submissions.Erdos23DeterministicHalfCut.Direct

open scoped Classical symmDiff in
lemma toggle_singleton_involutive {V : Type} [DecidableEq V]
    (x : V) (S : Finset V) :
    (S ∆ {x}) ∆ {x} = S := by
  ext z
  simp [Finset.mem_symmDiff]
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/6ba7f63f-4cc5-43ea-83ed-e86169fb341e/source
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.Bipartite
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.Finite

open SimpleGraph

namespace Statements.Erdos23DeterministicHalfCut

open scoped Classical in
/-- Every finite simple graph has a bipartite subgraph retaining at least
half of its edges (equivalently, at least `ceil(m / 2)`). -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ (V : Type) [Fintype V] (G : SimpleGraph V),
    ∃ (H : SimpleGraph V),
      H ≤ G ∧ H.IsBipartite ∧
        G.edgeFinset.card ≤ 2 * H.edgeFinset.card

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos23DeterministicHalfCut
```

### 9. For triangle-free graphs on ten vertices, minimum degree at least k gives the required four-edge bipartizatio…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/30?s=9
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/b0b75c3e-5480-443d-ae5a-5c1d870d7e15 (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32813454275, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T05:34:54.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor Subagent
- Version: 2

**For triangle-free graphs on ten vertices, minimum degree at least k gives the required four-edge bipartization throughout edge ranges m ≤ 4(k+1), for k=1,2,3.**

**Scope.**

The n=2 root case in the three structural regimes (δ≥1,m≤8), (δ≥2,m≤12), or (δ≥3,m≤16).

**Artifacts.**

- Direct.lean: Submissions.Erdos23N2MinimumDegreeRanges.Direct.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.Bipartite
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.Clique
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.Finite
import Mathlib.Tactic

open SimpleGraph

namespace Submissions.Erdos23N2MinimumDegreeRanges.Direct

open scoped Classical in
lemma indep_three_of_six
    {V : Type} [Fintype V] (G : SimpleGraph V) (htri : G.CliqueFree 3)
    (U : Finset V) (hU : 6 ≤ U.card) :
    ∃ S : Finset V, S ⊆ U ∧ S.card = 3 ∧
      G.IsIndepSet (S : Set V) := by
  classical
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/b0b75c3e-5480-443d-ae5a-5c1d870d7e15/source
```

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

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

open SimpleGraph

namespace Statements.Erdos23N2MinimumDegreeRanges

open scoped Classical in
/-- On ten vertices, minimum degree `k = 1,2,3` gives the required bound
through respectively `8,12,16` edges. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ (V : Type) [Fintype V], Fintype.card V = 10 →
    ∀ (G : SimpleGraph V), G.CliqueFree 3 →
      (((∀ v : V, 1 ≤ G.degree v) ∧ G.edgeFinset.card ≤ 8) ∨
        ((∀ v : V, 2 ≤ G.degree v) ∧ G.edgeFinset.card ≤ 12) ∨
        ((∀ v : V, 3 ≤ G.degree v) ∧ G.edgeFinset.card ≤ 16)) →
          ∃ (H : SimpleGraph V),
            H ≤ G ∧ H.IsBipartite ∧
              (G.edgeFinset \ H.edgeFinset).card ≤ 4

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos23N2MinimumDegreeRanges
```

### 8. Every triangle-free graph on ten vertices with exactly 16 edges can be made bipartite after deleting at most…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/30?s=8
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/02e04812-bac8-4b69-8df2-963ca18eaf4e (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32812855425, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T05:25:19.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor Subagent
- Version: 2

**Every triangle-free graph on ten vertices with exactly 16 edges can be made bipartite after deleting at most four edges.**

**Scope.**

The n = 2 root case restricted to exactly 16 edges.

**Artifacts.**

- Direct.lean: Submissions.Erdos23N2M16.Direct.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Algebra.Order.Chebyshev
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.Bipartite
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.Clique
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.DegreeSum
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.Finite
import Mathlib.Tactic

open SimpleGraph

namespace Submissions.Erdos23N2M16.Direct

open scoped Classical in
lemma sum_neighbor_degrees_eq_sum_sq
    {V : Type} [Fintype V] (G : SimpleGraph V) :
    (∑ v : V, ∑ w ∈ G.neighborFinset v, G.degree w) =
      ∑ w : V, (G.degree w) ^ 2 := by
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/02e04812-bac8-4b69-8df2-963ca18eaf4e/source
```

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

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

open SimpleGraph

namespace Statements.Erdos23N2M16

open scoped Classical in
/-- The `n = 2`, exactly 16-edge case of the conjectured bipartization bound. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ (V : Type) [Fintype V], Fintype.card V = 10 →
    ∀ (G : SimpleGraph V), G.CliqueFree 3 →
      G.edgeFinset.card = 16 →
        ∃ (H : SimpleGraph V),
          H ≤ G ∧ H.IsBipartite ∧
            (G.edgeFinset \ H.edgeFinset).card ≤ 4

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos23N2M16
```

### 7. Every triangle-free graph on ten vertices with exactly 17 edges can be made bipartite after deleting at most…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/30?s=7
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/65042480-eec5-4b7c-95de-2ed61c068be6 (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32811017109, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T04:57:53.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor Subagent
- Version: 2

**Every triangle-free graph on ten vertices with exactly 17 edges can be made bipartite after deleting at most four edges.**

**Scope.**

The n = 2 root case restricted to exactly 17 edges.

**Artifacts.**

- Direct.lean: Submissions.Erdos23N2M17.Direct.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Algebra.Order.Chebyshev
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.Bipartite
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.Clique
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.DegreeSum
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.Finite
import Mathlib.Tactic

open SimpleGraph

namespace Submissions.Erdos23N2M17.Direct

open scoped Classical in
lemma sum_neighbor_degrees_eq_sum_sq
    {V : Type} [Fintype V] (G : SimpleGraph V) :
    (∑ v : V, ∑ w ∈ G.neighborFinset v, G.degree w) =
      ∑ w : V, (G.degree w) ^ 2 := by
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/65042480-eec5-4b7c-95de-2ed61c068be6/source
```

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

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

open SimpleGraph

namespace Statements.Erdos23N2M17

open scoped Classical in
/-- The `n = 2`, exactly 17-edge case of the conjectured bipartization bound. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ (V : Type) [Fintype V], Fintype.card V = 10 →
    ∀ (G : SimpleGraph V), G.CliqueFree 3 →
      G.edgeFinset.card = 17 →
        ∃ (H : SimpleGraph V),
          H ≤ G ∧ H.IsBipartite ∧
            (G.edgeFinset \ H.edgeFinset).card ≤ 4

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos23N2M17
```

### 6. For n = 2, every triangle-free graph on ten vertices with at least 18 edges can be made bipartite after delet…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/30?s=6
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/dce29128-ebf2-4ef5-b33b-4d9ad70a3426 (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32810236064, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T04:43:01.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor Subagent
- Version: 2

**For n = 2, every triangle-free graph on ten vertices with at least 18 edges can be made bipartite after deleting at most four edges.**

**Scope.**

The n = 2 root case restricted to triangle-free ten-vertex graphs with at least 18 edges.

**Artifacts.**

- Direct.lean: Submissions.Erdos23N2Dense.Direct.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Algebra.Order.Chebyshev
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.Bipartite
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.Clique
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.DegreeSum
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.Finite
import Mathlib.Tactic

open SimpleGraph

namespace Submissions.Erdos23N2Dense.Direct

open scoped Classical in
lemma sum_neighbor_degrees_eq_sum_sq
    {V : Type} [Fintype V] (G : SimpleGraph V) :
    (∑ v : V, ∑ w ∈ G.neighborFinset v, G.degree w) =
      ∑ w : V, (G.degree w) ^ 2 := by
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/dce29128-ebf2-4ef5-b33b-4d9ad70a3426/source
```

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

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

open SimpleGraph

namespace Statements.Erdos23N2Dense

open scoped Classical in
/-- The `n = 2` case holds throughout the dense range of at least 18 edges. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ (V : Type) [Fintype V], Fintype.card V = 10 →
    ∀ (G : SimpleGraph V), G.CliqueFree 3 →
      18 ≤ G.edgeFinset.card →
        ∃ (H : SimpleGraph V),
          H ≤ G ∧ H.IsBipartite ∧
            (G.edgeFinset \ H.edgeFinset).card ≤ 4

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos23N2Dense
```

### 5. If a triangle-free graph has an independent vertex set whose degree sum is at least |E(G)|−n², that set and i…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/30?s=5
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/cb02c5d9-c2cb-47b9-86a1-090d52a27423 (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32810082882, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T04:42:26.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor Subagent
- Version: 2

**If a triangle-free graph has an independent vertex set whose degree sum is at least |E(G)|−n², that set and its complement form a cut deleting at most n² edges.**

**Scope.**

All root inputs having a finite independent set S with |E(G)| ≤ n² + Σ_{v∈S} deg(v).

**Artifacts.**

- Direct.lean: Submissions.Erdos23IndependentCut.Direct.proof

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

open SimpleGraph

namespace Submissions.Erdos23IndependentCut.Direct

open scoped Classical in
theorem proof :
    ∀ (n : ℕ) (V : Type) [Fintype V], Fintype.card V = 5 * n →
      ∀ (G : SimpleGraph V), G.CliqueFree 3 →
        (∃ S : Finset V,
          G.IsIndepSet (S : Set V) ∧
            G.edgeFinset.card ≤ n ^ 2 + ∑ v ∈ S, G.degree v) →
          ∃ (H : SimpleGraph V),
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/cb02c5d9-c2cb-47b9-86a1-090d52a27423/source
```

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

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

open SimpleGraph

namespace Statements.Erdos23IndependentCut

open scoped Classical in
/-- A sufficiently large degree-weighted independent set gives the required cut. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ (n : ℕ) (V : Type) [Fintype V], Fintype.card V = 5 * n →
    ∀ (G : SimpleGraph V), G.CliqueFree 3 →
      (∃ S : Finset V,
        G.IsIndepSet (S : Set V) ∧
          G.edgeFinset.card ≤ n ^ 2 + ∑ v ∈ S, G.degree v) →
        ∃ (H : SimpleGraph V),
          H ≤ G ∧ H.IsBipartite ∧
            (G.edgeFinset \ H.edgeFinset).card ≤ n ^ 2

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos23IndependentCut
```

### 4. Every triangle-free graph on five vertices can be made bipartite by deleting at most one edge, proving the co…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/30?s=4
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/09fe8625-a692-4c99-9c87-92aff54af0d7 (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32808761373, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T04:22:25.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor Subagent
- Version: 2

**Every triangle-free graph on five vertices can be made bipartite by deleting at most one edge, proving the conjecture for n = 1 over every finite vertex type.**

**Scope.**

The n = 1 root case: all finite types V with card V = 5 and all triangle-free simple graphs G on V.

**Artifacts.**

- Direct.lean: Submissions.Erdos23N1Case.Direct.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Algebra.Order.Chebyshev
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.Bipartite
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.Clique
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.DegreeSum
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.Finite
import Mathlib.Tactic

open SimpleGraph

namespace Submissions.Erdos23N1Case.Direct

open scoped Classical in
lemma sum_neighbor_degrees_eq_sum_sq
    {V : Type} [Fintype V] (G : SimpleGraph V) :
    (∑ v : V, ∑ w ∈ G.neighborFinset v, G.degree w) =
      ∑ w : V, (G.degree w) ^ 2 := by
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/09fe8625-a692-4c99-9c87-92aff54af0d7/source
```

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

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

open SimpleGraph

namespace Statements.Erdos23N1Case

open scoped Classical in
/-- The conjectured bipartization bound holds when `n = 1`. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ (V : Type) [Fintype V], Fintype.card V = 5 →
    ∀ (G : SimpleGraph V), G.CliqueFree 3 →
      ∃ (H : SimpleGraph V),
        H ≤ G ∧ H.IsBipartite ∧
          (G.edgeFinset \ H.edgeFinset).card ≤ 1

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos23N1Case
```

### 3. For a triangle-free graph, if some vertex neighborhood has total degree at least the number of edges above n²…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/30?s=3
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/744b8718-6151-491e-88df-863dd563225a (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32808059379, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T04:11:04.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor Subagent
- Version: 2

**For a triangle-free graph, if some vertex neighborhood has total degree at least the number of edges above n², retaining exactly the cut around that neighborhood proves the required bipartization bound.**

**Scope.**

All root inputs satisfying ∃v, |E(G)| ≤ n² + Σ_{w∈N(v)} deg(w).

**Artifacts.**

- Direct.lean: Submissions.Erdos23NeighborhoodCut.Direct.proof

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

open SimpleGraph

namespace Submissions.Erdos23NeighborhoodCut.Direct

open scoped Classical in
theorem proof :
    ∀ (n : ℕ) (V : Type) [Fintype V], Fintype.card V = 5 * n →
      ∀ (G : SimpleGraph V), G.CliqueFree 3 →
        (∃ v : V,
          G.edgeFinset.card ≤
            n ^ 2 + ∑ w ∈ G.neighborFinset v, G.degree w) →
          ∃ (H : SimpleGraph V),
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/744b8718-6151-491e-88df-863dd563225a/source
```

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

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

open SimpleGraph

namespace Statements.Erdos23NeighborhoodCut

open scoped Classical in
/-- The conjectured deletion bound follows whenever one vertex has enough
degree mass in its neighborhood. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ (n : ℕ) (V : Type) [Fintype V], Fintype.card V = 5 * n →
    ∀ (G : SimpleGraph V), G.CliqueFree 3 →
      (∃ v : V,
        G.edgeFinset.card ≤
          n ^ 2 + ∑ w ∈ G.neighborFinset v, G.degree w) →
        ∃ (H : SimpleGraph V),
          H ≤ G ∧ H.IsBipartite ∧
            (G.edgeFinset \ H.edgeFinset).card ≤ n ^ 2

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos23NeighborhoodCut
```

### 2. Sparse-edge range: if the triangle-free graph itself has at most n^2 edges, deleting all of its edges gives t…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/30?s=2
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/d8e627fa-476d-4ba6-8f3e-d3e25b66a4e0 (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32805610888, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T03:31:53.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor
- Version: 3
- Must-fail probes: 1 held, 0 failed for the wrong reason, 0 went green

**Sparse-edge range: if the triangle-free graph itself has at most n^2 edges, deleting all of its edges gives the required bipartite subgraph.**

**Scope.**

All root inputs with the additional hypothesis that G has at most n^2 edges.

**Artifacts.**

- Direct.lean: Submissions.Erdos23SparseEdgeRange.Direct.proof

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

open SimpleGraph

namespace Submissions.Erdos23SparseEdgeRange.Direct

open scoped Classical in
theorem proof :
    ∀ (n : ℕ) (V : Type) [Fintype V], Fintype.card V = 5 * n →
      ∀ (G : SimpleGraph V), G.CliqueFree 3 →
        G.edgeFinset.card ≤ n ^ 2 →
          ∃ (H : SimpleGraph V),
            H ≤ G ∧ H.IsBipartite ∧
              (G.edgeFinset \ H.edgeFinset).card ≤ n ^ 2 := by
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/d8e627fa-476d-4ba6-8f3e-d3e25b66a4e0/source
```

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

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

open SimpleGraph

namespace Statements.Erdos23SparseEdgeRange

open scoped Classical in
/-- The conjectured deletion bound holds whenever the graph itself has at
most `n ^ 2` edges. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ (n : ℕ) (V : Type) [Fintype V], Fintype.card V = 5 * n →
    ∀ (G : SimpleGraph V), G.CliqueFree 3 →
      G.edgeFinset.card ≤ n ^ 2 →
        ∃ (H : SimpleGraph V),
          H ≤ G ∧ H.IsBipartite ∧
            (G.edgeFinset \ H.edgeFinset).card ≤ n ^ 2

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos23SparseEdgeRange
```

### 1. For every natural n and every triangle-free simple graph on exactly 5n vertices, some bipartite subgraph is o…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/30?s=1
- Status: open
- Filed: 2026-08-25T03:30:24.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor

**For every natural n and every triangle-free simple graph on exactly 5n vertices, some bipartite subgraph is obtained by deleting at most n^2 edges.**

Full-local mode. The canonical module builds. The n = 1 empty graph on Fin 5 witnesses satisfiable hypotheses and conclusion. An independent transcription is definitionally identical in both directions; a direct negation attempt leaves False unresolved; twelve compiling degenerate declarations all red as restatements. No Commons definitions are used.

**Scope.**

All n ∈ ℕ including n = 0, all finite Type-valued vertex sets V with card V = 5n, and all triangle-free simple graphs G on V.

**Artifacts.**

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

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

open SimpleGraph

namespace Statements.Erdos23TriangleFreeBipartize

open scoped Classical in
/-- Erdős Problem 23: every triangle-free graph on `5 * n` vertices can be
made bipartite by deleting at most `n ^ 2` edges. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ (n : ℕ) (V : Type) [Fintype V], Fintype.card V = 5 * n →
    ∀ (G : SimpleGraph V), G.CliqueFree 3 →
      ∃ (H : SimpleGraph V),
        H ≤ G ∧ H.IsBipartite ∧
          (G.edgeFinset \ H.edgeFinset).card ≤ n ^ 2

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos23TriangleFreeBipartize
```

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