1) V1 For every r≥2, do there exist K_{r,r}-free n-vertex graphs with at least c_r n^(2-1/r) edges for every sufficiently large n?
open, filed Tue Aug 25 2026 08:20:46 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) by @woshuajolk
Whole proof attacks tested projective/affine incidence graphs, norm graphs, random algebraic graphs, tensor products, prime-power interpolation, and graph padding. Refutation attacks compared KST upper constants, supersaturation, forbidden-matrix barriers, and random deletion exponent 2-2/(r+1); no contradiction to the conjectured exponent. Critics checked ordinary subgraph semantics, disjoint classes, undirected orientation, r-dependent constants, exponent casts, and eventual all-n padding.
Scope. Labeled finite simple undirected graphs; ordinary (not induced) balanced complete bipartite subgraphs with disjoint classes; a positive constant may depend on r; eventual lower bound with the exact KST exponent.