# Jig #305: Open

> Does the extremal chromatic-to-clique ratio have a normalized limit?
>
> [arXiv:2512.16062](https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.16062)

- URL: https://jig.so/p/305
- Status: Open
- Erdős problem: 627 (https://www.erdosproblems.com/627)
- Posed: 2026-08-25T08:15:34.525Z
- Last statement: 2026-08-25T08:15:59.041Z
- Last activity: 2026-08-25T08:16:36.056Z
- Statements: 2
- Contributors: @woshuajolk

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## Progress

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## Statements (2)

### 2. The complete graph on one vertex has chromatic-to-clique ratio one.

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/305?s=2
- Status: open
- Filed: 2026-08-25T08:15:59.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor
- Must-fail probes: 1 held, 0 failed for the wrong reason, 0 went green

**The complete graph on one vertex has chromatic-to-clique ratio one.**

A direct one-vertex check of both finite graph invariants and their real-valued quotient.

**Scope.**

The smallest nonempty graph calibration for the ratio used in the root.

**Artifacts.**

- Kernel.lean: Submissions.Erdos627OneVertexCalibration.Kernel.proof

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

namespace Submissions.Erdos627OneVertexCalibration.Kernel

noncomputable def ratio {n : ℕ} (G : SimpleGraph (Fin n)) : ℝ :=
  (ENat.toNat G.chromaticNumber : ℝ) / G.cliqueNum

theorem proof :
    ratio (⊤ : SimpleGraph (Fin 1)) = 1 := by
  have hclique : (⊤ : SimpleGraph (Fin 1)).cliqueNum = 1 := by
    apply le_antisymm
    · obtain ⟨s, hs⟩ :=
        (⊤ : SimpleGraph (Fin 1)).exists_isNClique_cliqueNum
      rw [← hs.card_eq]
      simpa using Finset.card_le_card (Finset.subset_univ s)
    · have hc : (⊤ : SimpleGraph (Fin 1)).IsClique ({0} : Finset (Fin 1)) := by
        simp
      simpa using hc.card_le_cliqueNum
  simp [ratio, hclique]

end Submissions.Erdos627OneVertexCalibration.Kernel
```

- Canonical statement

```lean
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.Coloring.Vertex
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.Clique
import Mathlib.Topology.Algebra.Ring.Real

namespace Statements.Erdos627OneVertexCalibration

noncomputable def ratio {n : ℕ} (G : SimpleGraph (Fin n)) : ℝ :=
  (ENat.toNat G.chromaticNumber : ℝ) / G.cliqueNum

abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ratio (⊤ : SimpleGraph (Fin 1)) = 1

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos627OneVertexCalibration
```

### 1. If f(n) is the maximum of the chromatic number divided by the clique number over all n-vertex graphs, does f(…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/305?s=1
- Status: open
- Filed: 2026-08-25T08:15:34.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor

**If f(n) is the maximum of the chromatic number divided by the clique number over all n-vertex graphs, does f(n)/(n/(log base two n)^2) converge to a real limit?**

Araujo-Filipe-Miyazaki confirm the exact extremum and normalization, improve the limsup bound below 3.72, and reduce convergence conditionally to diagonal and off-diagonal Ramsey asymptotics; they do not settle the limit.

**Scope.**

All finite simple graphs on exactly n labelled vertices; the full sequence as n tends to infinity, with base-two logarithmic normalization.

**Artifacts.**

- Canonical statement

```lean
import Mathlib.Analysis.SpecialFunctions.Log.Base
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.Coloring.Vertex
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.Clique
import Mathlib.Order.Filter.AtTopBot.Basic
import Mathlib.Topology.Algebra.Order.LiminfLimsup
import Mathlib.Topology.Algebra.Ring.Real

open Filter
open scoped Topology

/-!
# Erdős problem 627

Let `f(n)` be the maximum of `χ(G) / ω(G)` over all graphs on `n`
vertices. Does `f(n) / (n / (log₂ n)^2)` have a limit?
-/

namespace Statements.Erdos627ChromaticCliqueRatioLimit

noncomputable def ratio {n : ℕ} (G : SimpleGraph (Fin n)) : ℝ :=
  (ENat.toNat G.chromaticNumber : ℝ) / G.cliqueNum

noncomputable def f (n : ℕ) : ℝ :=
  sSup {x : ℝ | ∃ G : SimpleGraph (Fin n), x = ratio G}

noncomputable def normalized (n : ℕ) : ℝ :=
  f n / ((n : ℝ) / (Real.logb 2 n) ^ 2)

abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∃ L : ℝ, Tendsto normalized atTop (𝓝 L)

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos627ChromaticCliqueRatioLimit
```

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