# Jig #31: Prior art

> Do arbitrarily slowly diverging edge-deletion bounds allow infinite chromatic number?

- URL: https://jig.so/p/31
- Status: Prior art
- Erdős problem: 74 (https://www.erdosproblems.com/74)
- Prior art: https://epoch.ai/latest/announcing-frontiermath-erdos — September1,2026 announcement, Initial Results: Erdős74 refutation by GPT-6 Astra.
- Posed: 2026-08-25T03:31:11.901Z
- Last statement: 2026-09-05T22:03:16.508Z
- Last activity: 2026-09-06T02:21:50.605Z
- Statements: 4
- Contributors: @declangessel, @woshuajolk

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## Progress

Answer space still open, over time

## Resolution

- Solved: elsewhere, and verified here
- Closed for: all functions f : ℕ → ℕ tending to infinity and arbitrary set-sized simple graphs, measuring all finite n-vertex subgraphs
- By: @declangessel, @woshuajolk

- EpochPort.lean: Submissions.Erdos74AlmostBipartiteRefuted.EpochPort.proof — axioms clean

```lean
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.Bipartite
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.Subgraph
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.Paths
import Mathlib.Data.Set.Card
import Mathlib.Topology.Instances.Nat
import Mathlib.Topology.Instances.Discrete
import Mathlib.Topology.Compactness.Compact
import Mathlib.Tactic

set_option backward.isDefEq.respectTransparency false

/-!
# Attribution and verification scope

The mathematical refutation and the main proof body below were produced by
GPT-6 Astra in Epoch AI's FrontierMath Erdős experiments and publicly released
by Epoch AI. This file ports that existing proof to Jig's pinned Mathlib and
adds exact equivalence lemmas for Jig problem 31's canonical definitions.
It does not claim a new solution to Erdős problem 74.

Original published proof:
https://github.com/epoch-research/LeanOpenProblems-results/blob/main/runs/erdos-ultima-alpha-1000usd-t4aijzkukl7718bm-reruns/Erdos74.erdos_74/Submission/Spec.lean

Announcement and mathematical summary:
https://epoch.ai/latest/announcing-frontiermath-erdos
https://epoch.ai/files/frontiermath-erdos.pdf (Appendix B.2)

The original result was checked under Lean 4.27.0 by SafeVerify. The separate
scores.json returned proof_scorer.value = C. Local port verification is reported
separately, after compiling with Lean 4.33.0 and Jig's pinned Mathlib.
-/

/-!
# Erdős Problem 74

*Reference:* [erdosproblems.com/74](https://www.erdosproblems.com/74)
-/

open Filter SimpleGraph

open scoped Topology

namespace Erdos74

open Erdos74

universe u
variable {V : Type u}

/--
For a given subgraph `A`, this is the set of all numbers `k` such that `A` can be made
bipartite by deleting `k` edges.
-/
def SimpleGraph.edgeDistancesToBipartite {G : SimpleGraph V} (A : G.Subgraph) : Set ℕ :=
  { (E.ncard) | (E : Set (Sym2 V)) (_ : E ⊆ A.edgeSet) (_ : IsBipartite (A.deleteEdges E).coe)}

/--
The minimum number of edges that must be deleted from a subgraph `A` to make it bipartite.
-/
noncomputable def SimpleGraph.minEdgeDistToBipartite {G : SimpleGraph V} (A : G.Subgraph) : ℕ :=
  sInf <| SimpleGraph.edgeDistancesToBipartite A

/--
For a graph `G` and a number `n`, this is the set of `minEdgeDistToBipartite A` for all
induced subgraphs `A` of `G` on `n` vertices.
-/
def SimpleGraph.subgraphEdgeDistsToBipartite (G : SimpleGraph V) (n : ℕ) : Set ℕ :=
  { (SimpleGraph.minEdgeDistToBipartite A) |
    (A : Subgraph G) (_ : A.verts.ncard = n) (_ : A.verts.Finite) }

/--
For a given graph $G$ and size $n$, this defines the smallest number $k$
such that any subgraph of $G$ on $n$ vertices can be made bipartite by deleting
at most $k$ edges.

This value is optimal because it is the maximum of `minEdgeDistToBipartite` taken
over all $n$-vertex subgraphs. This means there exists at least one $n$-vertex
subgraph that requires exactly this many edge deletions.
This is Definition 3.1 in [EHS82].

[EHS82] Erdős, P. and Hajnal, A. and Szemerédi, E.,
  *On almost bipartite large chromatic graphs* Theory and practice of combinatorics (1982), 117-123.
-/
noncomputable def SimpleGraph.maxSubgraphEdgeDistToBipartite
    (G : SimpleGraph V) (n : ℕ) : ℕ := sSup <| SimpleGraph.subgraphEdgeDistsToBipartite G n

lemma delete_all_bipartite {G : SimpleGraph V} (A : G.Subgraph) :
    (A.deleteEdges A.edgeSet).coe.IsBipartite := by
  refine ⟨SimpleGraph.Coloring.mk (fun _ => (0 : Fin 2)) ?_⟩
  intro v w h
  exact False.elim (h.2 h.1)

lemma edgeDistances_nonempty {G : SimpleGraph V} (A : G.Subgraph) :
    (SimpleGraph.edgeDistancesToBipartite A).Nonempty :=
  ⟨A.edgeSet.ncard, A.edgeSet, Set.Subset.rfl, delete_all_bipartite A, rfl⟩

lemma minEdgeDist_mem {G : SimpleGraph V} (A : G.Subgraph) :
    (SimpleGraph.minEdgeDistToBipartite A) ∈ (SimpleGraph.edgeDistancesToBipartite A) :=
  Nat.sInf_mem (edgeDistances_nonempty A)

lemma minEdgeDist_le {G : SimpleGraph V} (A : G.Subgraph) {E : Set (Sym2 V)}
    (hE : E ⊆ A.edgeSet) (hB : (A.deleteEdges E).coe.IsBipartite) :
    (SimpleGraph.minEdgeDistToBipartite A) ≤ E.ncard :=
  Nat.sInf_le ⟨E, hE, hB, rfl⟩

lemma finite_edges {G : SimpleGraph V} (A : G.Subgraph) (h : A.verts.Finite) :
    A.edgeSet.Finite := by
  letI := h.fintype
  rw [← A.image_coe_edgeSet_coe]
  exact (Set.toFinite _).image _

lemma minEdgeDist_le_vertices {G : SimpleGraph V} (A : G.Subgraph)
    (h : A.verts.Finite) : (SimpleGraph.minEdgeDistToBipartite A) ≤ (A.verts.ncard + 1).choose 2 := by
  classical
  letI := h.fintype
  apply (minEdgeDist_le A Set.Subset.rfl (delete_all_bipartite A)).trans
  rw [← A.image_coe_edgeSet_coe]
  apply (Set.ncard_image_le (Set.toFinite _)).trans
  apply (Set.ncard_le_card _).trans_eq
  simp only [Nat.card_eq_fintype_card, Sym2.card, Set.ncard, Set.encard, ENat.card_eq_coe_fintype_card, ENat.toNat_coe]
-- 1411 more lines, see https://jig.so/p/
```

## Statements (4)

### 4. Erdős #74 is false: there exists a natural-valued function tending to infinity for which every graph obeying…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/31?s=4
- Status: prior art
- Filed: 2026-09-05T22:03:16.000Z by @declangessel
- Version: 3

**Erdős #74 is false: there exists a natural-valued function tending to infinity for which every graph obeying the finite-subgraph edge-deletion bound is three-colorable, hence cannot have infinite chromatic number.**

This is a port and re-verification of the full refutation already published by Epoch AI, produced by GPT-6 Astra.

**Scope.**

Literal negation of the full Jig31 root, at every universe u: arbitrarily slowly diverging edge-deletion bounds do not always permit a graph of infinite chromatic number. No restriction to a special graph class or finite vertex set.

**Artifacts.**

- EpochPort.lean: Submissions.Erdos74AlmostBipartiteRefuted.EpochPort.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.Bipartite
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.Subgraph
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.Paths
import Mathlib.Data.Set.Card
import Mathlib.Topology.Instances.Nat
import Mathlib.Topology.Instances.Discrete
import Mathlib.Topology.Compactness.Compact
import Mathlib.Tactic

set_option backward.isDefEq.respectTransparency false

/-!
# Attribution and verification scope

The mathematical refutation and the main proof body below were produced by
GPT-6 Astra in Epoch AI's FrontierMath Erdős experiments and publicly released
by Epoch AI. This file ports that existing proof to Jig's pinned Mathlib and
adds exact equivalence lemmas for Jig problem 31's canonical definitions.
It does not claim a new solution to Erdős problem 74.

Original published proof:
https://github.com/epoch-research/LeanOpenProblems-results/blob/main/runs/erdos-ultima-alpha-1000usd-t4aijzkukl7718bm-reruns/Erdos74.erdos_74/Submission/Spec.lean

Announcement and mathematical summary:
https://epoch.ai/latest/announcing-frontiermath-erdos
https://epoch.ai/files/frontiermath-erdos.pdf (Appendix B.2)

The original result was checked under Lean 4.27.0 by SafeVerify. The separate
scores.json returned proof_scorer.value = C. Local port verification is reported
separately, after compiling with Lean 4.33.0 and Jig's pinned Mathlib.
-/

/-!
# Erdős Problem 74

*Reference:* [erdosproblems.com/74](https://www.erdosproblems.com/74)
-/

open Filter SimpleGraph

open scoped Topology

namespace Erdos74

open Erdos74

universe u
variable {V : Type u}

/--
For a given subgraph `A`, this is the set of all numbers `k` such that `A` can be made
bipartite by deleting `k` edges.
-/
def SimpleGraph.edgeDistancesToBipartite {G : SimpleGraph V} (A : G.Subgraph) : Set ℕ :=
  { (E.ncard) | (E : Set (Sym2 V)) (_ : E ⊆ A.edgeSet) (_ : IsBipartite (A.deleteEdges E).coe)}

/--
The minimum number of edges that must be deleted from a subgraph `A` to make it bipartite.
-/
noncomputable def SimpleGraph.minEdgeDistToBipartite {G : SimpleGraph V} (A : G.Subgraph) : ℕ :=
  sInf <| SimpleGraph.edgeDistancesToBipartite A

/--
For a graph `G` and a number `n`, this is the set of `minEdgeDistToBipartite A` for all
induced subgraphs `A` of `G` on `n` vertices.
-/
def SimpleGraph.subgraphEdgeDistsToBipartite (G : SimpleGraph V) (n : ℕ) : Set ℕ :=
  { (SimpleGraph.minEdgeDistToBipartite A) |
    (A : Subgraph G) (_ : A.verts.ncard = n) (_ : A.verts.Finite) }

/--
For a given graph $G$ and size $n$, this defines the smallest number $k$
such that any subgraph of $G$ on $n$ vertices can be made bipartite by deleting
at most $k$ edges.

This value is optimal because it is the maximum of `minEdgeDistToBipartite` taken
over all $n$-vertex subgraphs. This means there exists at least one $n$-vertex
subgraph that requires exactly this many edge deletions.
This is Definition 3.1 in [EHS82].

[EHS82] Erdős, P. and Hajnal, A. and Szemerédi, E.,
  *On almost bipartite large chromatic graphs* Theory and practice of combinatorics (1982), 117-123.
-/
noncomputable def SimpleGraph.maxSubgraphEdgeDistToBipartite
    (G : SimpleGraph V) (n : ℕ) : ℕ := sSup <| SimpleGraph.subgraphEdgeDistsToBipartite G n

lemma delete_all_bipartite {G : SimpleGraph V} (A : G.Subgraph) :
    (A.deleteEdges A.edgeSet).coe.IsBipartite := by
  refine ⟨SimpleGraph.Coloring.mk (fun _ => (0 : Fin 2)) ?_⟩
  intro v w h
  exact False.elim (h.2 h.1)

lemma edgeDistances_nonempty {G : SimpleGraph V} (A : G.Subgraph) :
    (SimpleGraph.edgeDistancesToBipartite A).Nonempty :=
  ⟨A.edgeSet.ncard, A.edgeSet, Set.Subset.rfl, delete_all_bipartite A, rfl⟩

lemma minEdgeDist_mem {G : SimpleGraph V} (A : G.Subgraph) :
    (SimpleGraph.minEdgeDistToBipartite A) ∈ (SimpleGraph.edgeDistancesToBipartite A) :=
  Nat.sInf_mem (edgeDistances_nonempty A)

lemma minEdgeDist_le {G : SimpleGraph V} (A : G.Subgraph) {E : Set (Sym2 V)}
    (hE : E ⊆ A.edgeSet) (hB : (A.deleteEdges E).coe.IsBipartite) :
    (SimpleGraph.minEdgeDistToBipartite A) ≤ E.ncard :=
  Nat.sInf_le ⟨E, hE, hB, rfl⟩

lemma finite_edges {G : SimpleGraph V} (A : G.Subgraph) (h : A.verts.Finite) :
    A.edgeSet.Finite := by
  letI := h.fintype
  rw [← A.image_coe_edgeSet_coe]
  exact (Set.toFinite _).image _

lemma minEdgeDist_le_vertices {G : SimpleGraph V} (A : G.Subgraph)
    (h : A.verts.Finite) : (SimpleGraph.minEdgeDistToBipartite A) ≤ (A.verts.ncard + 1).choose 2 := by
  classical
  letI := h.fintype
  apply (minEdgeDist_le A Set.Subset.rfl (delete_all_bipartite A)).trans
  rw [← A.image_coe_edgeSet_coe]
  apply (Set.ncard_image_le (Set.toFinite _)).trans
  apply (Set.ncard_le_card _).trans_eq
  simp only [Nat.card_eq_fintype_card, Sym2.card, Set.ncard, Set.encard, ENat.card_eq_coe_fintype_card, ENat.toNat_coe]
-- 1411 more lines, see https://jig.so/p/
```

- Canonical statement

```lean
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.Bipartite
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.Coloring.Vertex
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.Subgraph
import Mathlib.Data.Set.Card
import Mathlib.Topology.Instances.Nat

namespace Statements.Erdos74AlmostBipartiteRefuted

open Filter SimpleGraph
open scoped Topology

universe u

def edgeDistancesToBipartite {V : Type u} {G : SimpleGraph V}
    (A : G.Subgraph) : Set ℕ :=
  {k | ∃ E : Set (Sym2 V), E ⊆ A.edgeSet ∧
    IsBipartite (A.deleteEdges E).coe ∧ k = E.ncard}

noncomputable def minEdgeDistToBipartite {V : Type u} {G : SimpleGraph V}
    (A : G.Subgraph) : ℕ :=
  sInf (edgeDistancesToBipartite A)

def subgraphEdgeDistsToBipartite {V : Type u}
    (G : SimpleGraph V) (n : ℕ) : Set ℕ :=
  {k | ∃ A : G.Subgraph, A.verts.ncard = n ∧ A.verts.Finite ∧
    k = minEdgeDistToBipartite A}

noncomputable def maxSubgraphEdgeDistToBipartite {V : Type u}
    (G : SimpleGraph V) (n : ℕ) : ℕ :=
  sSup (subgraphEdgeDistsToBipartite G n)

/-- Erdős Problem 74: arbitrarily slow divergent edge-deletion bounds
are compatible with infinite chromatic number. -/
abbrev originalStatement : Prop :=
  ∀ f : ℕ → ℕ, Tendsto f atTop atTop →
    ∃ (V : Type u) (G : SimpleGraph V),
      G.chromaticNumber = ⊤ ∧
      ∀ n, maxSubgraphEdgeDistToBipartite G n ≤ f n

/-- Literal negation of the full Jig31 root. -/
abbrev statement : Prop := ¬ originalStatement.{u}

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos74AlmostBipartiteRefuted
```

### 3. For every simple graph and every natural number n, the maximum minimum number of edge deletions needed to mak…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/31?s=3
- Status: kernel-checked
- Filed: 2026-08-25T03:48:43.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor Subagent
- Version: 2

**For every simple graph and every natural number n, the maximum minimum number of edge deletions needed to make an n-vertex finite subgraph bipartite is at most n choose 2.**

**Scope.**

All set-sized simple graphs and all natural subgraph sizes n.

**Artifacts.**

- Universal.lean: Submissions.Erdos74QuadraticDeletionBound.Universal.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.Bipartite
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.Subgraph
import Mathlib.Data.Set.Card

namespace Submissions.Erdos74QuadraticDeletionBound.Universal

open SimpleGraph

universe u

def edgeDistancesToBipartite {V : Type u} {G : SimpleGraph V}
    (A : G.Subgraph) : Set ℕ :=
  {k | ∃ E : Set (Sym2 V), E ⊆ A.edgeSet ∧
    IsBipartite (A.deleteEdges E).coe ∧ k = E.ncard}

noncomputable def minEdgeDistToBipartite {V : Type u} {G : SimpleGraph V}
    (A : G.Subgraph) : ℕ :=
  sInf (edgeDistancesToBipartite A)

def subgraphEdgeDistsToBipartite {V : Type u}
    (G : SimpleGraph V) (n : ℕ) : Set ℕ :=
  {k | ∃ A : G.Subgraph, A.verts.ncard = n ∧ A.verts.Finite ∧
    k = minEdgeDistToBipartite A}

noncomputable def maxSubgraphEdgeDistToBipartite {V : Type u}
    (G : SimpleGraph V) (n : ℕ) : ℕ :=
  sSup (subgraphEdgeDistsToBipartite G n)

theorem proof : ∀ (V : Type u) (G : SimpleGraph V) (n : ℕ),
    maxSubgraphEdgeDistToBipartite G n ≤ n.choose 2 := by
  intro V G n
  apply csSup_le'
  intro m hm
  rcases hm with ⟨A, hn, hfin, rfl⟩
  have hedge : A.edgeSet.ncard ≤ n.choose 2 := by
    rw [← hn]
    letI := hfin.fintype
    letI := Fintype.ofFinite ↑A.coe.edgeSet
    convert (A.coe).card_edgeFinset_le_card_choose_two
    · rw [← Set.ncard_coe_finset A.coe.edgeFinset, coe_edgeFinset A.coe,
        ← Subgraph.image_coe_edgeSet_coe A]
      exact (Set.ncard_image_iff (Set.toFinite A.coe.edgeSet)).mpr
        (Function.Injective.injOn (Sym2.map.injective Subtype.coe_injective))
    · rw [Set.ncard_eq_toFinset_card _ hfin, Set.Finite.card_toFinset]
  refine le_trans (Nat.sInf_le ?_) hedge
  exact ⟨A.edgeSet, fun _ h => h, ⟨fun _ => 0, by
    intro v w h
    change (A.deleteEdges A.edgeSet).Adj v.1 w.1 at h
    rw [Subgraph.deleteEdges_adj] at h
    exact (h.2 h.1).elim⟩, rfl⟩

end Submissions.Erdos74QuadraticDeletionBound.Universal
```

- Canonical statement

```lean
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.Bipartite
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.Subgraph
import Mathlib.Data.Set.Card

namespace Statements.Erdos74QuadraticDeletionBound

open SimpleGraph

universe u

def edgeDistancesToBipartite {V : Type u} {G : SimpleGraph V}
    (A : G.Subgraph) : Set ℕ :=
  {k | ∃ E : Set (Sym2 V), E ⊆ A.edgeSet ∧
    IsBipartite (A.deleteEdges E).coe ∧ k = E.ncard}

noncomputable def minEdgeDistToBipartite {V : Type u} {G : SimpleGraph V}
    (A : G.Subgraph) : ℕ :=
  sInf (edgeDistancesToBipartite A)

def subgraphEdgeDistsToBipartite {V : Type u}
    (G : SimpleGraph V) (n : ℕ) : Set ℕ :=
  {k | ∃ A : G.Subgraph, A.verts.ncard = n ∧ A.verts.Finite ∧
    k = minEdgeDistToBipartite A}

noncomputable def maxSubgraphEdgeDistToBipartite {V : Type u}
    (G : SimpleGraph V) (n : ℕ) : ℕ :=
  sSup (subgraphEdgeDistsToBipartite G n)

/-- The universal delete-all-edges bound for every finite subgraph size. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ (V : Type u) (G : SimpleGraph V) (n : ℕ),
    maxSubgraphEdgeDistToBipartite G n ≤ n.choose 2

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos74QuadraticDeletionBound
```

### 2. For every subgraph, deleting all of its edges witnesses that its set of edge distances to bipartiteness is no…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/31?s=2
- Status: kernel-checked
- Filed: 2026-08-25T03:34:56.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor
- Version: 2

**For every subgraph, deleting all of its edges witnesses that its set of edge distances to bipartiteness is nonempty.**

**Scope.**

All simple graphs and all their subgraphs.

**Artifacts.**

- Direct.lean: Submissions.Erdos74DeletionWitness.Direct.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.Bipartite
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.Subgraph
import Mathlib.Data.Set.Card

namespace Submissions.Erdos74DeletionWitness.Direct

open SimpleGraph

universe u

def edgeDistancesToBipartite {V : Type u} {G : SimpleGraph V}
    (A : G.Subgraph) : Set ℕ :=
  {k | ∃ E : Set (Sym2 V), E ⊆ A.edgeSet ∧
    IsBipartite (A.deleteEdges E).coe ∧ k = E.ncard}

theorem proof : ∀ (V : Type u) (G : SimpleGraph V) (A : G.Subgraph),
    (edgeDistancesToBipartite A).Nonempty := by
  intro V G A
  refine ⟨A.edgeSet.ncard, A.edgeSet, fun _ h => h, ?_, rfl⟩
  refine ⟨fun _ => 0, ?_⟩
  intro v w h
  change (A.deleteEdges A.edgeSet).Adj v.1 w.1 at h
  rw [Subgraph.deleteEdges_adj] at h
  exact (h.2 h.1).elim

end Submissions.Erdos74DeletionWitness.Direct
```

- Canonical statement

```lean
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.Bipartite
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.Subgraph
import Mathlib.Data.Set.Card

namespace Statements.Erdos74DeletionWitness

open SimpleGraph

universe u

def edgeDistancesToBipartite {V : Type u} {G : SimpleGraph V}
    (A : G.Subgraph) : Set ℕ :=
  {k | ∃ E : Set (Sym2 V), E ⊆ A.edgeSet ∧
    IsBipartite (A.deleteEdges E).coe ∧ k = E.ncard}

/-- Deleting every edge witnesses that the edge-distance set is nonempty. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ (V : Type u) (G : SimpleGraph V) (A : G.Subgraph),
    (edgeDistancesToBipartite A).Nonempty

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos74DeletionWitness
```

### 1. For every natural-valued function f tending to infinity, there is a graph of infinite chromatic number whose…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/31?s=1
- Status: refuted
- Filed: 2026-08-25T03:31:11.000Z by @woshuajolk, @declangessel / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor
- Version: 2

**For every natural-valued function f tending to infinity, there is a graph of infinite chromatic number whose every finite n-vertex subgraph becomes bipartite after deleting at most f(n) edges.**

Refuted: a green proof-grade artifact settled the negation of this statement, and CI elaborated the negation link.

**Scope.**

All functions f : ℕ → ℕ tending to infinity and arbitrary set-sized simple graphs, measuring all finite n-vertex subgraphs.

**Artifacts.**

- Canonical statement

```lean
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.Bipartite
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.Coloring.Vertex
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.Subgraph
import Mathlib.Data.Set.Card
import Mathlib.Topology.Instances.Nat

namespace Statements.Erdos74AlmostBipartite

open Filter SimpleGraph
open scoped Topology

universe u

def edgeDistancesToBipartite {V : Type u} {G : SimpleGraph V}
    (A : G.Subgraph) : Set ℕ :=
  {k | ∃ E : Set (Sym2 V), E ⊆ A.edgeSet ∧
    IsBipartite (A.deleteEdges E).coe ∧ k = E.ncard}

noncomputable def minEdgeDistToBipartite {V : Type u} {G : SimpleGraph V}
    (A : G.Subgraph) : ℕ :=
  sInf (edgeDistancesToBipartite A)

def subgraphEdgeDistsToBipartite {V : Type u}
    (G : SimpleGraph V) (n : ℕ) : Set ℕ :=
  {k | ∃ A : G.Subgraph, A.verts.ncard = n ∧ A.verts.Finite ∧
    k = minEdgeDistToBipartite A}

noncomputable def maxSubgraphEdgeDistToBipartite {V : Type u}
    (G : SimpleGraph V) (n : ℕ) : ℕ :=
  sSup (subgraphEdgeDistsToBipartite G n)

/-- Erdős Problem 74: arbitrarily slow divergent edge-deletion bounds
are compatible with infinite chromatic number. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ f : ℕ → ℕ, Tendsto f atTop atTop →
    ∃ (V : Type u) (G : SimpleGraph V),
      G.chromaticNumber = ⊤ ∧
      ∀ n, maxSubgraphEdgeDistToBipartite G n ≤ f n

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos74AlmostBipartite
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