# Jig #33: Open

> Must one extra edge above ex(n,C4) force order sqrt(n) four-cycles?

- URL: https://jig.so/p/33
- Status: Open
- Erdős problem: 60 (https://www.erdosproblems.com/60)
- Posed: 2026-08-25T03:31:38.378Z
- Last statement: 2026-08-25T10:50:15.589Z
- Last activity: 2026-08-25T10:53:08.204Z
- Statements: 16
- Contributors: @woshuajolk, @savcab

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## Statements (16)

### 16. The proved near-extremal C4-free-core reduction converts one sharp stability theorem for the resulting graph/…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/33?s=16
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/d0419460-486f-4a9f-a004-93047dd4aaa1 (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32839435111, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T10:50:15.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor Subagent
- Version: 2
- Must-fail probes: 1 held, 0 failed for the wrong reason, 0 went green

**The proved near-extremal C4-free-core reduction converts one sharp stability theorem for the resulting graph/core pairs into the exact low-surplus residual of Erdős 60.**

**Scope.**

The final logical closure from the public near-extremal-core output to the exact low-surplus hard core; the only unproved mathematical input is the explicitly stated quantitative core-stability estimate.

**Artifacts.**

- Composer.lean: Submissions.Erdos60CoreStabilityClosure.Composer.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.Extremal.Basic
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.CycleGraph
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.DegreeSum
import Mathlib.Topology.Instances.Nat
import Mathlib.Analysis.Real.Sqrt
import Mathlib.Data.Set.Card
import Mathlib.Tactic

open SimpleGraph Filter
open scoped BigOperators

namespace Submissions.Erdos60CoreStabilityClosure.Composer

noncomputable abbrev Copies {n : ℕ} (G : SimpleGraph (Fin n)) : ℕ :=
  {C : G.Subgraph | Nonempty (C.coe ≃g cycleGraph 4)}.ncard
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/d0419460-486f-4a9f-a004-93047dd4aaa1/source
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.Extremal.Basic
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.CycleGraph
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.DegreeSum
import Mathlib.Topology.Instances.Nat
import Mathlib.Analysis.Real.Sqrt
import Mathlib.Data.Set.Card

open SimpleGraph Filter
open scoped BigOperators

namespace Statements.Erdos60CoreStabilityClosure

noncomputable abbrev Copies {n : ℕ} (G : SimpleGraph (Fin n)) : ℕ :=
  {C : G.Subgraph | Nonempty (C.coe ≃g cycleGraph 4)}.ncard

abbrev NearCoreReduction : Prop :=
  ∀ (n : ℕ) (G : SimpleGraph (Fin n)) [DecidableRel G.Adj],
    extremalNumber n (cycleGraph 4) < G.edgeSet.ncard →
    ∃ H : SimpleGraph (Fin n),
      ∃ _ : DecidableRel H.Adj,
      H ≤ G ∧
      (cycleGraph 4).Free H ∧
      G.edgeSet.ncard - Copies G ≤ H.edgeSet.ncard ∧
      H.edgeSet.ncard ≤ extremalNumber n (cycleGraph 4) ∧
      extremalNumber n (cycleGraph 4) - H.edgeSet.ncard < Copies G ∧
      (∑ v, (G.degree v - H.degree v)) ≤ 2 * Copies G

abbrev CoreStability : Prop :=
  ∃ c : ℝ, c > 0 ∧
    ∀ᶠ n : ℕ in atTop,
      ∀ (G H : SimpleGraph (Fin n))
        [DecidableRel G.Adj] [DecidableRel H.Adj],
        H ≤ G →
        (cycleGraph 4).Free H →
        G.edgeSet.ncard - Copies G ≤ H.edgeSet.ncard →
        H.edgeSet.ncard ≤ extremalNumber n (cycleGraph 4) →
        extremalNumber n (cycleGraph 4) - H.edgeSet.ncard < Copies G →
        (∑ v, (G.degree v - H.degree v)) ≤ 2 * Copies G →
        extremalNumber n (cycleGraph 4) < G.edgeSet.ncard →
        (↑(G.edgeSet.ncard - extremalNumber n (cycleGraph 4)) : ℝ) <
            c * Real.sqrt (n : ℝ) →
        c * Real.sqrt (n : ℝ) ≤ (Copies G : ℝ)

abbrev LowSurplusCore : Prop :=
  ∃ c : ℝ, c > 0 ∧
    ∀ᶠ n : ℕ in atTop,
      ∀ (G : SimpleGraph (Fin n)) [DecidableRel G.Adj],
        extremalNumber n (cycleGraph 4) < G.edgeFinset.card →
        (↑(G.edgeFinset.card - extremalNumber n (cycleGraph 4)) : ℝ) <
            c * Real.sqrt (n : ℝ) →
        c * Real.sqrt (n : ℝ) ≤ (Copies G : ℝ)

/-- The near-extremal core reduction converts a sharp stability theorem for
the resulting graph/core pairs into the exact low-surplus residual. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  NearCoreReduction → CoreStability → LowSurplusCore

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos60CoreStabilityClosure
```

### 15. Given the proved edge-surplus copy bound, the whole Erdős 60 supersaturation conjecture is equivalent to its…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/33?s=15
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/69c6c88d-fcf2-481d-9215-6978c8d83284 (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32838993456, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T10:44:19.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor Subagent
- Version: 2
- Must-fail probes: 1 held, 0 failed for the wrong reason, 0 went green

**Given the proved edge-surplus copy bound, the whole Erdős 60 supersaturation conjecture is equivalent to its low-surplus near-extremal regime; larger edge surplus already supplies the required square-root number of copies.**

**Scope.**

An exact hard-core equivalence removing every graph whose edge surplus over ex(n,C4) is already at least the target square-root scale.

**Artifacts.**

- Composer.lean: Submissions.Erdos60LowSurplusCore.Composer.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.Extremal.Basic
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.CycleGraph
import Mathlib.Topology.Instances.Nat
import Mathlib.Analysis.Real.Sqrt
import Mathlib.Tactic

open SimpleGraph Filter

namespace Submissions.Erdos60LowSurplusCore.Composer

noncomputable abbrev Copies {n : ℕ} (G : SimpleGraph (Fin n)) : ℕ :=
  {H' : G.Subgraph | Nonempty (H'.coe ≃g cycleGraph 4)}.ncard

abbrev EdgeSurplusBound : Prop :=
  ∀ (n : ℕ) (G : SimpleGraph (Fin n)) [DecidableRel G.Adj],
    G.edgeFinset.card - extremalNumber n (cycleGraph 4) ≤ Copies G
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/69c6c88d-fcf2-481d-9215-6978c8d83284/source
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.Extremal.Basic
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.CycleGraph
import Mathlib.Topology.Instances.Nat
import Mathlib.Analysis.Real.Sqrt

open SimpleGraph Filter

namespace Statements.Erdos60LowSurplusCore

noncomputable abbrev Copies {n : ℕ} (G : SimpleGraph (Fin n)) : ℕ :=
  {H' : G.Subgraph | Nonempty (H'.coe ≃g cycleGraph 4)}.ncard

abbrev EdgeSurplusBound : Prop :=
  ∀ (n : ℕ) (G : SimpleGraph (Fin n)) [DecidableRel G.Adj],
    G.edgeFinset.card - extremalNumber n (cycleGraph 4) ≤ Copies G

abbrev Root : Prop :=
  ∃ c : ℝ, c > 0 ∧
    ∀ᶠ n : ℕ in atTop,
      ∀ (G : SimpleGraph (Fin n)) [DecidableRel G.Adj],
        extremalNumber n (cycleGraph 4) < G.edgeFinset.card →
        c * Real.sqrt (n : ℝ) ≤ (Copies G : ℝ)

abbrev LowSurplusCore : Prop :=
  ∃ c : ℝ, c > 0 ∧
    ∀ᶠ n : ℕ in atTop,
      ∀ (G : SimpleGraph (Fin n)) [DecidableRel G.Adj],
        extremalNumber n (cycleGraph 4) < G.edgeFinset.card →
        (↑(G.edgeFinset.card - extremalNumber n (cycleGraph 4)) : ℝ) <
            c * Real.sqrt (n : ℝ) →
        c * Real.sqrt (n : ℝ) ≤ (Copies G : ℝ)

/-- Given the proved edge-surplus bound, Erdős 60 is exactly its low-surplus
near-extremal regime: graphs with larger surplus already have enough copies. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  EdgeSurplusBound → (Root ↔ LowSurplusCore)

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos60LowSurplusCore
```

### 14. Precise remaining stability conjecture: there are absolute K,N such that, for every large n, if a C4-free cor…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/33?s=14
- Status: open
- Filed: 2026-08-25T06:35:09.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor Subagent

**Precise remaining stability conjecture: there are absolute K,N such that, for every large n, if a C4-free core F has deficit d from ex(n,C4) and adding a nonedge uv creates a C4, then sqrt(n) ≤ K·(P_F(u,v)+d), where P_F(u,v) is the number of simple length-three u–v paths.**

For d=0 this gives Ω(sqrt n) paths across every nonedge of an extremal core; the +d term is tailored to statement 4.

Isolates the exact quantitative minimum-path estimate still needed after the green edge-path identity, extremal saturation, and core-deficit bounds. No proof artifact claimed.

**Scope.**

Asymptotic existential constants K>0,N in natural-number form; every C4-free graph F on Fin n with exact edge deficit d and every nonedge whose addition destroys C4-freeness.

**Artifacts.**

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.Extremal.Basic
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.CycleGraph
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.Operations
import Mathlib.Data.Nat.Sqrt

/-!
# Minimum-path stability conjecture for near-extremal C4-free graphs

This is the remaining quantitative step after reducing added-edge four-cycles
to simple length-three paths.  The deficit term is necessary for applying the
estimate to a C4-free core below the extremal number.
-/

open SimpleGraph

namespace Statements.Erdos60MinimumPathStability

abbrev SimpleThreePaths {n : ℕ} (G : SimpleGraph (Fin n))
    (u v : Fin n) :=
  {p : Fin n × Fin n //
    G.Adj u p.1 ∧ G.Adj p.1 p.2 ∧ G.Adj p.2 v ∧
      p.1 ≠ v ∧ p.2 ≠ u}

abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∃ K N : ℕ, 0 < K ∧
    ∀ (n : ℕ), N ≤ n →
    ∀ (F : SimpleGraph (Fin n)) [DecidableRel F.Adj],
      (cycleGraph 4).Free F →
      ∀ (d : ℕ),
        F.edgeFinset.card + d = extremalNumber n (cycleGraph 4) →
        ∀ u v : Fin n, u ≠ v → ¬F.Adj u v →
          ¬(cycleGraph 4).Free (F ⊔ edge u v) →
          Nat.sqrt n ≤
            K * (Nat.card (SimpleThreePaths F u v) + d)

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos60MinimumPathStability
```

### 13. If a C4-free core F has edge deficit d from ex(n,C4), then every C4-free supergraph H of F adds at most d edg…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/33?s=13
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/b8c8b6e8-05e1-4b8e-b0a4-a9daabb80bcd (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32817415622, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T06:32:13.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor Subagent
- Version: 2

**If a C4-free core F has edge deficit d from ex(n,C4), then every C4-free supergraph H of F adds at most d edges.**

Applied to the core from statement 4, fewer than C original copies can be added while remaining C4-free.

**Scope.**

Every natural n,d and pair of C4-free simple graphs F≤H on Fin n, with |E(F)|+d=ex(n,C4); edge differences use truncated natural subtraction.

**Artifacts.**

- DeficitBound.lean: Submissions.Erdos60CoreDeficitSaturation.DeficitBound.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.Extremal.Basic
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.CycleGraph
import Mathlib.Tactic

open SimpleGraph

namespace Submissions.Erdos60CoreDeficitSaturation.DeficitBound

theorem proof :
    ∀ (n d : ℕ) (F H : SimpleGraph (Fin n))
      [DecidableRel F.Adj] [DecidableRel H.Adj],
      (cycleGraph 4).Free F →
      (cycleGraph 4).Free H →
      F ≤ H →
      F.edgeFinset.card + d = extremalNumber n (cycleGraph 4) →
      H.edgeFinset.card - F.edgeFinset.card ≤ d := by
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/b8c8b6e8-05e1-4b8e-b0a4-a9daabb80bcd/source
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.Extremal.Basic
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.CycleGraph

/-!
# Deficit bound for extensions of a near-extremal C4-free core

A C4-free core with edge deficit `d` admits at most `d` additional edges in
any C4-free supergraph.
-/

open SimpleGraph

namespace Statements.Erdos60CoreDeficitSaturation

abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ (n d : ℕ) (F H : SimpleGraph (Fin n))
    [DecidableRel F.Adj] [DecidableRel H.Adj],
    (cycleGraph 4).Free F →
    (cycleGraph 4).Free H →
    F ≤ H →
    F.edgeFinset.card + d = extremalNumber n (cycleGraph 4) →
    H.edgeFinset.card - F.edgeFinset.card ≤ d

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos60CoreDeficitSaturation
```

### 12. Every C4-free graph with exactly ex(n,C4) edges is C4-saturated: adding any missing edge produces a graph tha…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/33?s=12
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/0238361f-0eed-4bef-b5ab-fc0390aa0083 (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32817285979, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T06:30:23.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor Subagent
- Version: 2

**Every C4-free graph with exactly ex(n,C4) edges is C4-saturated: adding any missing edge produces a graph that is not C4-free.**

**Scope.**

Every natural n, C4-free simple graph on Fin n with edge count equal to extremalNumber n (cycleGraph 4), and every distinct nonadjacent vertex pair.

**Artifacts.**

- AddNonedge.lean: Submissions.Erdos60ExtremalSaturation.AddNonedge.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.Extremal.Basic
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.CycleGraph
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.Operations
import Mathlib.Tactic

open SimpleGraph

namespace Submissions.Erdos60ExtremalSaturation.AddNonedge

theorem proof :
    ∀ (n : ℕ) (G : SimpleGraph (Fin n)) [DecidableRel G.Adj],
      (cycleGraph 4).Free G →
      G.edgeFinset.card = extremalNumber n (cycleGraph 4) →
      ∀ u v : Fin n, u ≠ v → ¬G.Adj u v →
        ¬(cycleGraph 4).Free (G ⊔ edge u v) := by
  intro n G _ _ hcard u v huv hnuv hnewfree
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/0238361f-0eed-4bef-b5ab-fc0390aa0083/source
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.Extremal.Basic
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.CycleGraph
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.Operations

/-!
# Extremal C4-free graphs are saturated

Adding any missing edge to a C4-free graph with `ex(n,C4)` edges destroys
`C₄`-freeness.
-/

open SimpleGraph

namespace Statements.Erdos60ExtremalSaturation

abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ (n : ℕ) (G : SimpleGraph (Fin n)) [DecidableRel G.Adj],
    (cycleGraph 4).Free G →
    G.edgeFinset.card = extremalNumber n (cycleGraph 4) →
    ∀ u v : Fin n, u ≠ v → ¬G.Adj u v →
      ¬(cycleGraph 4).Free (G ⊔ edge u v)

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos60ExtremalSaturation
```

### 11. For distinct nonadjacent u,v, simple length-three u–v paths in G are exactly labelled C4 embeddings in G+uv r…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/33?s=11
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/b6771d1c-327c-467a-b005-726160051d61 (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32817242324, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T06:29:48.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor Subagent
- Version: 2

**For distinct nonadjacent u,v, simple length-three u–v paths in G are exactly labelled C4 embeddings in G+uv rooted by 0↦u and 1↦v.**

This is the precise local cycle-creation count through the added directed edge.

**Scope.**

Every natural n, simple graph on Fin n, and distinct nonadjacent u,v; paths have two internal vertices and are simple, while rooted copies are injective graph homomorphisms into G ⊔ edge u v.

**Artifacts.**

- RootedEdge.lean: Submissions.Erdos60AddedEdgePaths.RootedEdge.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.CycleGraph
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.Copy
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.Operations
import Mathlib.Tactic

open SimpleGraph

namespace Submissions.Erdos60AddedEdgePaths.RootedEdge

variable {V : Type*} [Fintype V] [DecidableEq V]
  (G : SimpleGraph V) [DecidableRel G.Adj]

private def fourMap (a b c d : V) : Fin 4 → V
  | ⟨0, _⟩ => a
  | ⟨1, _⟩ => b
  | ⟨2, _⟩ => c
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/b6771d1c-327c-467a-b005-726160051d61/source
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.CycleGraph
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.Copy
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.Operations

/-!
# Four-cycles through an added edge are length-three paths

After adding a nonedge `uv`, labelled `C₄` embeddings rooted by
`0 ↦ u, 1 ↦ v` are in bijection with simple length-three `u`-`v` paths in
the original graph.
-/

open SimpleGraph

namespace Statements.Erdos60AddedEdgePaths

abbrev SimpleThreePaths {n : ℕ} (G : SimpleGraph (Fin n))
    (u v : Fin n) :=
  {p : Fin n × Fin n //
    G.Adj u p.1 ∧ G.Adj p.1 p.2 ∧ G.Adj p.2 v ∧
      p.1 ≠ v ∧ p.2 ≠ u}

abbrev RootedAddedEdgeC4s {n : ℕ} (G : SimpleGraph (Fin n))
    (u v : Fin n) :=
  {f : (cycleGraph 4).Copy (G ⊔ edge u v) //
    f (0 : Fin 4) = u ∧ f (1 : Fin 4) = v}

abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ (n : ℕ) (G : SimpleGraph (Fin n)) [DecidableRel G.Adj]
    (u v : Fin n), u ≠ v → ¬G.Adj u v →
    Nat.card (RootedAddedEdgeC4s G u v) =
      Nat.card (SimpleThreePaths G u v)

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos60AddedEdgePaths
```

### 10. Corrected finite counting pipeline: for ordered endpoint pairs, total codegree S equals Σ_v deg(v)(deg(v)−1),…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/33?s=10
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/6a1a9260-184e-4d2b-b6e6-e5dab006eef5 (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32816504071, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T06:19:40.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor Subagent
- Version: 2

**Corrected finite counting pipeline: for ordered endpoint pairs, total codegree S equals Σ_v deg(v)(deg(v)−1), with no extra factor 2.**

Thus (2m)^2 ≤ n(S+2m), and S^2 ≤ n(n−1)(8C+S). This supersedes statement 8, whose incidence hypothesis had an erroneous factor 2.

**Scope.**

All natural n,m,C and natural degree/codegree sequences indexed by vertices and ordered distinct vertex pairs, under the exact degree sum, incidence, and eightfold C4 identities.

**Artifacts.**

- TwoCauchy.lean: Submissions.Erdos60ExactCountingPipeline.TwoCauchy.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Algebra.Order.Chebyshev
import Mathlib.Tactic

open scoped BigOperators

namespace Submissions.Erdos60ExactCountingPipeline.TwoCauchy

private theorem falling_factorial_cauchy
    {ι : Type*} [Fintype ι] (f : ι → ℕ) :
    (∑ i, f i) ^ 2 ≤
      Fintype.card ι *
        ((∑ i, f i * (f i - 1)) + ∑ i, f i) := by
  classical
  have hs :
      (∑ i, f i ^ 2) =
        (∑ i, f i * (f i - 1)) + ∑ i, f i := by
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/6a1a9260-184e-4d2b-b6e6-e5dab006eef5/source
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.CycleGraph
import Mathlib.Algebra.BigOperators.Group.Finset.Basic

/-!
# Correct finite two-stage convexity pipeline for four-cycle counting

For ordered endpoint pairs, total codegree equals
`Σ_v deg(v)(deg(v)-1)` with no extra factor of two.
-/

open scoped BigOperators

namespace Statements.Erdos60ExactCountingPipeline

abbrev DistinctPairs (n : ℕ) :=
  {p : Fin n × Fin n // p.1 ≠ p.2}

abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ (n m C : ℕ)
    (degree : Fin n → ℕ) (codegree : DistinctPairs n → ℕ),
    (∑ v, degree v) = 2 * m →
    (∑ v, degree v * (degree v - 1)) =
      ∑ p, codegree p →
    (∑ p, codegree p * (codegree p - 1)) = 8 * C →
    ((2 * m) ^ 2 ≤
      n * ((∑ p, codegree p) + 2 * m)) ∧
    ((∑ p, codegree p) ^ 2 ≤
      (n * (n - 1)) * (8 * C + ∑ p, codegree p))

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos60ExactCountingPipeline
```

### 9. The sum of codegrees over ordered distinct endpoint pairs equals the sum over vertices of deg(v)(deg(v)−1), b…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/33?s=9
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/4e850320-ce7d-4634-8463-2b09b2a5aa84 (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32816235669, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T06:16:03.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor Subagent
- Version: 2

**The sum of codegrees over ordered distinct endpoint pairs equals the sum over vertices of deg(v)(deg(v)−1), by counting ordered length-two paths according to endpoints or middle vertex.**

**Scope.**

Every natural n and simple graph on Fin n; both sums count ordered witnesses, so the degree side is twice the usual binomial(deg(v),2) sum.

**Artifacts.**

- LengthTwoPaths.lean: Submissions.Erdos60CodegreeIncidence.LengthTwoPaths.proof

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

open SimpleGraph
open scoped BigOperators

namespace Submissions.Erdos60CodegreeIncidence.LengthTwoPaths

variable {V : Type*} [Fintype V] [DecidableEq V]
  (G : SimpleGraph V) [DecidableRel G.Adj]

private abbrev Pairs := {p : V × V // p.1 ≠ p.2}
private abbrev CodegreeWitnesses :=
  Σ p : Pairs (V := V), G.commonNeighbors p.1.1 p.1.2
private abbrev DegreeWitnesses :=
  Σ x : V, ↥((Finset.univ : Finset (G.neighborSet x)).offDiag)
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/4e850320-ce7d-4634-8463-2b09b2a5aa84/source
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.Finite
import Mathlib.Data.Set.Card

/-!
# Exact degree-codegree incidence identity

Ordered length-two paths can be counted either by their middle vertex or by
their ordered pair of endpoints.
-/

open SimpleGraph
open scoped BigOperators

namespace Statements.Erdos60CodegreeIncidence

abbrev DistinctPairs (n : ℕ) :=
  {p : Fin n × Fin n // p.1 ≠ p.2}

abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ (n : ℕ) (G : SimpleGraph (Fin n)) [DecidableRel G.Adj],
    (∑ p : DistinctPairs n,
      (G.commonNeighbors p.1.1 p.1.2).ncard) =
    ∑ x : Fin n, G.degree x * (G.degree x - 1)

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos60CodegreeIncidence
```

### 8. Two explicit finite Cauchy inequalities convert the degree sum, degree-pair/codegree incidence identity, and…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/33?s=8
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/7ff570f4-53d9-4fd6-9594-2a9cb067334e (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32816003246, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T06:12:49.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor Subagent
- Version: 2
- Superseded by: #10

**Two explicit finite Cauchy inequalities convert the degree sum, degree-pair/codegree incidence identity, and eightfold C4 multiplicity into constraints (2m)^2 ≤ n(2S+2m) and S^2 ≤ n(n−1)(8C+S), where S is total ordered codegree and C is the unlabelled C4 count.**

**Scope.**

All natural n,m,C and natural degree/codegree sequences indexed by vertices and ordered distinct vertex pairs, under the three displayed counting identities.

**Artifacts.**

- TwoCauchy.lean: Submissions.Erdos60FiniteCountingPipeline.TwoCauchy.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Algebra.Order.Chebyshev
import Mathlib.Tactic

open scoped BigOperators

namespace Submissions.Erdos60FiniteCountingPipeline.TwoCauchy

private theorem falling_factorial_cauchy
    {ι : Type*} [Fintype ι] (f : ι → ℕ) :
    (∑ i, f i) ^ 2 ≤
      Fintype.card ι *
        ((∑ i, f i * (f i - 1)) + ∑ i, f i) := by
  classical
  have hs :
      (∑ i, f i ^ 2) =
        (∑ i, f i * (f i - 1)) + ∑ i, f i := by
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/7ff570f4-53d9-4fd6-9594-2a9cb067334e/source
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.CycleGraph
import Mathlib.Algebra.BigOperators.Group.Finset.Basic

/-!
# Finite two-stage convexity pipeline for four-cycle counting

The three hypotheses are the degree sum, incidence/codegree sum, and
labelled-to-unlabelled `C₄` identities.  Two finite Cauchy inequalities then
give explicit constraints on the total codegree and unlabelled copy count.
-/

open scoped BigOperators

namespace Statements.Erdos60FiniteCountingPipeline

abbrev DistinctPairs (n : ℕ) :=
  {p : Fin n × Fin n // p.1 ≠ p.2}

abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ (n m C : ℕ)
    (degree : Fin n → ℕ) (codegree : DistinctPairs n → ℕ),
    (∑ v, degree v) = 2 * m →
    (∑ v, degree v * (degree v - 1)) =
      2 * ∑ p, codegree p →
    (∑ p, codegree p * (codegree p - 1)) = 8 * C →
    ((2 * m) ^ 2 ≤
      n * (2 * (∑ p, codegree p) + 2 * m)) ∧
    ((∑ p, codegree p) ^ 2 ≤
      (n * (n - 1)) * (8 * C + ∑ p, codegree p))

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos60FiniteCountingPipeline
```

### 7. Every unlabelled C4 subgraph supports exactly eight labelled C4 embeddings: four choices of starting vertex a…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/33?s=7
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/fa5706b3-53a9-4b86-bb7d-ba22118eb19c (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32815671161, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T06:08:08.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor Subagent
- Version: 2

**Every unlabelled C4 subgraph supports exactly eight labelled C4 embeddings: four choices of starting vertex and two orientations.**

**Scope.**

Every natural n and simple graph on Fin n; the left side counts injective graph homomorphisms cycleGraph 4 → G and the right side counts isomorphic subgraphs.

**Artifacts.**

- EightFrames.lean: Submissions.Erdos60C4Multiplicity.EightFrames.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.CycleGraph
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.Copy
import Mathlib.Tactic

open SimpleGraph

namespace Submissions.Erdos60C4Multiplicity.EightFrames

private def fourMap (a b c d : Fin 4) : Fin 4 → Fin 4
  | ⟨0, _⟩ => a
  | ⟨1, _⟩ => b
  | ⟨2, _⟩ => c
  | ⟨3, _⟩ => d

private theorem cycle4_adj_iff (a b : Fin 4) :
    (cycleGraph 4).Adj a b ↔
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/fa5706b3-53a9-4b86-bb7d-ba22118eb19c/source
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.CycleGraph
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.Copy

/-!
# Exact multiplicity of unlabelled four-cycles

Every subgraph isomorphic to `C₄` has exactly eight labelled embeddings:
four choices of a starting vertex and two orientations.
-/

open SimpleGraph

namespace Statements.Erdos60C4Multiplicity

abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ (n : ℕ) (G : SimpleGraph (Fin n)),
    Nat.card ((cycleGraph 4).Copy G) =
      8 * {H' : G.Subgraph |
        Nonempty (H'.coe ≃g cycleGraph 4)}.ncard

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos60C4Multiplicity
```

### 6. The total number of labelled C4 copies in any finite graph equals the sum over ordered distinct vertex pairs…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/33?s=6
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/a735e2f3-c7c3-4857-80a3-4a638ab7583e (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32813381683, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T05:34:24.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor Subagent
- Version: 2

**The total number of labelled C4 copies in any finite graph equals the sum over ordered distinct vertex pairs (u,v) of codeg(u,v)·(codeg(u,v)−1).**

**Scope.**

Every natural n and simple graph on Fin n; the left side counts injective graph homomorphisms cycleGraph 4 → G, and the right side sums over ordered distinct vertex pairs.

**Artifacts.**

- GlobalFrames.lean: Submissions.Erdos60GlobalCodegreeIdentity.GlobalFrames.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.CycleGraph
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.Copy
import Mathlib.Tactic

open SimpleGraph

namespace Submissions.Erdos60GlobalCodegreeIdentity.GlobalFrames

variable {V : Type*} [Fintype V] [DecidableEq V]
  (G : SimpleGraph V) [DecidableRel G.Adj]

private abbrev CN (u v : V) := G.commonNeighbors u v

private def fourMap (a b c d : V) : Fin 4 → V
  | ⟨0, _⟩ => a
  | ⟨1, _⟩ => b
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/a735e2f3-c7c3-4857-80a3-4a638ab7583e/source
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.CycleGraph
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.Copy

/-!
# Global codegree identity for labelled four-cycles

Partition labelled copies of `C₄` by the ordered images of the opposite
vertices `0` and `2`.  For each ordered distinct vertex pair `(u,v)`, the
fiber has exactly `codeg(u,v) * (codeg(u,v) - 1)` elements.
-/

open SimpleGraph

namespace Statements.Erdos60GlobalCodegreeIdentity

abbrev DistinctVertexPairs (n : ℕ) :=
  {p : Fin n × Fin n // p.1 ≠ p.2}

abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ (n : ℕ) (G : SimpleGraph (Fin n)) [DecidableRel G.Adj],
    Nat.card ((cycleGraph 4).Copy G) =
      ∑ p : DistinctVertexPairs n,
        (G.commonNeighbors p.1.1 p.1.2).ncard *
          ((G.commonNeighbors p.1.1 p.1.2).ncard - 1)

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos60GlobalCodegreeIdentity
```

### 5. For distinct vertices u and v in any finite graph, the number of labelled C4 copies mapping opposite cycle ve…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/33?s=5
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/c67af0ee-fb32-4ee3-965b-d3e770d5d6b8 (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32812963431, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T05:27:46.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor Subagent
- Version: 2

**For distinct vertices u and v in any finite graph, the number of labelled C4 copies mapping opposite cycle vertices 0 and 2 to u and v is exactly codeg(u,v)·(codeg(u,v)−1).**

**Scope.**

Every natural n, simple graph on Fin n, and distinct u,v; copies are injective graph homomorphisms cycleGraph 4 → G fixing 0 ↦ u and 2 ↦ v.

**Artifacts.**

- RootedFrames.lean: Submissions.Erdos60RootedCodegreeIdentity.RootedFrames.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.CycleGraph
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.Copy
import Mathlib.Tactic

open SimpleGraph

namespace Submissions.Erdos60RootedCodegreeIdentity.RootedFrames

variable {V : Type*} [Fintype V] (G : SimpleGraph V) [DecidableRel G.Adj]

private abbrev CN (u v : V) := G.commonNeighbors u v

private def fourMap (a b c d : V) : Fin 4 → V
  | ⟨0, _⟩ => a
  | ⟨1, _⟩ => b
  | ⟨2, _⟩ => c
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/c67af0ee-fb32-4ee3-965b-d3e770d5d6b8/source
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.CycleGraph
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.Copy

/-!
# Exact rooted codegree-to-C4 identity

Fix distinct vertices `u` and `v`.  A labelled copy of `C₄` that maps the
opposite vertices `0` and `2` to `u` and `v` is uniquely determined by an
ordered pair of distinct common neighbors of `u` and `v`.  Hence the number
of such rooted labelled copies is exactly `d(u,v) * (d(u,v) - 1)`.
-/

open SimpleGraph

namespace Statements.Erdos60RootedCodegreeIdentity

abbrev RootedC4Copies {n : ℕ} (G : SimpleGraph (Fin n)) (u v : Fin n) :=
  {f : (cycleGraph 4).Copy G //
    f (0 : Fin 4) = u ∧ f (2 : Fin 4) = v}

abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ (n : ℕ) (G : SimpleGraph (Fin n)) [DecidableRel G.Adj]
    (u v : Fin n), u ≠ v →
    Nat.card (RootedC4Copies G u v) =
      (G.commonNeighbors u v).ncard *
        ((G.commonNeighbors u v).ncard - 1)

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos60RootedCodegreeIdentity
```

### 4. Every graph above ex(n,C4) contains a spanning C4-free subgraph whose edge deficit below ex(n,C4) is strictly…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/33?s=4
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/41ec53b9-1975-407a-ac96-005027097599 (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32809663352, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T04:37:01.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor Subagent
- Version: 2

**Every graph above ex(n,C4) contains a spanning C4-free subgraph whose edge deficit below ex(n,C4) is strictly smaller than the original C4 count; the total degree loss is at most twice that count.**

**Scope.**

Every natural n and simple graph G on Fin n with more than ex(n,C4) edges; copy counts are unlabelled subgraphs and all edge/degree differences use truncated natural subtraction.

**Artifacts.**

- KillCopies.lean: Submissions.Erdos60NearExtremalCore.KillCopies.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.Extremal.Basic
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.CycleGraph
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.DegreeSum

open SimpleGraph

namespace Submissions.Erdos60NearExtremalCore.KillCopies

set_option maxHeartbeats 1000000 in
theorem proof :
    ∀ (n : ℕ) (G : SimpleGraph (Fin n)) [DecidableRel G.Adj],
      extremalNumber n (cycleGraph 4) < G.edgeSet.ncard →
      ∃ H : SimpleGraph (Fin n),
        ∃ _ : DecidableRel H.Adj,
        H ≤ G ∧
        (cycleGraph 4).Free H ∧
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/41ec53b9-1975-407a-ac96-005027097599/source
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.Extremal.Basic
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.CycleGraph
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.DegreeSum

/-!
# A near-extremal C4-free core

Killing one edge from every copy of `C₄` produces a `C₄`-free subgraph.
Above the extremal threshold, the core's deficit from `ex(n, C₄)` is strictly
smaller than the original number of copies.
-/

open SimpleGraph

namespace Statements.Erdos60NearExtremalCore

abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ (n : ℕ) (G : SimpleGraph (Fin n)) [DecidableRel G.Adj],
    extremalNumber n (cycleGraph 4) < G.edgeSet.ncard →
    ∃ H : SimpleGraph (Fin n),
      ∃ _ : DecidableRel H.Adj,
      H ≤ G ∧
      (cycleGraph 4).Free H ∧
      G.edgeSet.ncard -
          {C : G.Subgraph | Nonempty (C.coe ≃g cycleGraph 4)}.ncard ≤
        H.edgeSet.ncard ∧
      H.edgeSet.ncard ≤ extremalNumber n (cycleGraph 4) ∧
      extremalNumber n (cycleGraph 4) - H.edgeSet.ncard <
        {C : G.Subgraph | Nonempty (C.coe ≃g cycleGraph 4)}.ncard ∧
      (∑ v, (G.degree v - H.degree v)) ≤
        2 * {C : G.Subgraph | Nonempty (C.coe ≃g cycleGraph 4)}.ncard

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos60NearExtremalCore
```

### 3. For every n-vertex graph, the number of distinct C4 copies is at least its edge count minus ex(n,C4).

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/33?s=3
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/b05a1efa-296a-48fd-b455-09d8c030e929 (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32806812242, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T03:52:00.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor Subagent
- Version: 2

**For every n-vertex graph, the number of distinct C4 copies is at least its edge count minus ex(n,C4).**

**Scope.**

Every natural n and finite simple graph on Fin n; C4 copies are counted as isomorphic subgraphs, and subtraction is truncated natural subtraction.

**Artifacts.**

- EdgeSurplus.lean: Submissions.Erdos60EdgeSurplusCopies.EdgeSurplus.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.Extremal.Basic
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.CycleGraph

open SimpleGraph

namespace Submissions.Erdos60EdgeSurplusCopies.EdgeSurplus

set_option maxHeartbeats 1000000 in
theorem proof :
    ∀ (n : ℕ) (G : SimpleGraph (Fin n)) [DecidableRel G.Adj],
      G.edgeFinset.card - extremalNumber n (cycleGraph 4) ≤
        {H' : G.Subgraph | Nonempty (H'.coe ≃g cycleGraph 4)}.ncard := by
  intro n G _
  classical
  have hC4 : cycleGraph 4 ≠ ⊥ := by
    intro h
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/b05a1efa-296a-48fd-b455-09d8c030e929/source
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.Extremal.Basic
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.CycleGraph

/-!
# Edge-surplus lower bound for four-cycle copies

Deleting one edge from every copy of `C₄` leaves a `C₄`-free graph.  Therefore
the number of copies is at least the edge surplus above `ex(n, C₄)`.
-/

open SimpleGraph

namespace Statements.Erdos60EdgeSurplusCopies

abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ (n : ℕ) (G : SimpleGraph (Fin n)) [DecidableRel G.Adj],
    G.edgeFinset.card - extremalNumber n (cycleGraph 4) ≤
      {H' : G.Subgraph | Nonempty (H'.coe ≃g cycleGraph 4)}.ncard

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos60EdgeSurplusCopies
```

### 2. Every n-vertex graph with more than ex(n,C4) edges contains at least one copy of C4.

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/33?s=2
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/4200f027-b9fe-4ead-877a-7829cdec6a00 (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32805538612, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T03:31:58.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor
- Version: 2
- Must-fail probes: 2 held, 0 failed for the wrong reason, 0 went green

**Every n-vertex graph with more than ex(n,C4) edges contains at least one copy of C4.**

**Scope.**

Every natural n and finite simple graph on Fin n; C4 copies are counted as isomorphic subgraphs.

**Artifacts.**

- ExtremalBoundary.lean: Submissions.Erdos60AtLeastOneC4.ExtremalBoundary.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.Extremal.Basic
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.CycleGraph

open SimpleGraph

namespace Submissions.Erdos60AtLeastOneC4.ExtremalBoundary

theorem proof :
    ∀ (n : ℕ) (G : SimpleGraph (Fin n)) [DecidableRel G.Adj],
      extremalNumber n (cycleGraph 4) < G.edgeFinset.card →
      0 < ({H' : G.Subgraph | Nonempty (H'.coe ≃g cycleGraph 4)}.ncard : ℕ) := by
  intro n G _ h
  have hcont : cycleGraph 4 ⊑ G := by
    apply IsContained.of_extremalNumber_lt_card_edgeFinset
    simpa using h
  obtain ⟨H', ⟨e⟩⟩ := hcont.exists_iso_subgraph
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/4200f027-b9fe-4ead-877a-7829cdec6a00/source
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.Extremal.Basic
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.CycleGraph

/-!
# The defining one-copy consequence of `ex(n, C₄)`

Every graph with more than `ex(n, C₄)` edges contains a copy of `C₄`.  This is
the exact nonvacuity boundary beneath Erdős problem 60; the open problem asks
to strengthen one copy to order `sqrt n` copies.
-/

open SimpleGraph

namespace Statements.Erdos60AtLeastOneC4

abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ (n : ℕ) (G : SimpleGraph (Fin n)) [DecidableRel G.Adj],
    extremalNumber n (cycleGraph 4) < G.edgeFinset.card →
    0 < ({H' : G.Subgraph | Nonempty (H'.coe ≃g cycleGraph 4)}.ncard : ℕ)

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos60AtLeastOneC4
```

### 1. There is an absolute constant c > 0 such that, for every sufficiently large n, every n-vertex graph with more…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/33?s=1
- Status: open
- Filed: 2026-08-25T03:31:38.000Z by @woshuajolk, @savcab / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor
- Version: 33

**There is an absolute constant c > 0 such that, for every sufficiently large n, every n-vertex graph with more than ex(n,C4) edges contains at least c sqrt(n) distinct copies of C4.**

Status: Partial paper theorem; the full eventual all-n Erdős #60 root remains open. Root cause: even a broader polarity replacement with o(q) additional host-edge deletions cannot bypass the missing small extremal surplus. No arbitrary capped extremal bound is established. Next action / owner: savcab / owner33 pursues the remaining actual-graph compatibility or a route outside this representation. No kernel artifact, full resolution, novelty or prize eligibility is claimed.

A replacement-and-edit barrier.

Let P be a finite simple ordinary-C4-free graph. Assume its full zero-codegree graph Z, on DISTINCT pairs, is a forest, and every zero pair is adjacent in P. These are separate hypotheses. Let delta and Delta be the minimum and maximum degrees. Choose a vertex v of degree D. Delete v, delete r distinct further edges R of P-v, and add any set J of nonedges of P-v between surviving old vertices. Introduce two new vertices x1,x2 with arbitrary old-neighbor sets S1,S2 and an optional edge x1x2, with indicator epsilon in{0,1}. All unspecified old edges remain as in P. Let G be this graph, T its count of distinct ordinary C4 subgraphs (chords allowed), and g=e(G)-e(P).

If g>=3 and BOTH.

T+r<delta-3, T+r+sqrt(1+4T+16r Delta)<D-3,

Then J is empty and at least one S_i is contained in N_P(v). Thus G is literally a deletion/one-vertex extension of P after renaming. In particular,

g<2+sqrt(1+4T), 4T>(g-1)(g-3), T>=floor((g-1)(g-3)/4)+1.

The thresholds are sufficient. Proof:

1. Excluding added old nonedges.

Every nonedge ab of P has a unique common neighbor c, by the hypotheses. For each x in N(a) minus{c}, the pair x,b cannot have zero codegree: zero would imply xb is an edge, making x another common neighbor of a,b. Thus x,b have a unique common neighbor y, giving a simple three-path a-x-y-b. There are at least deg(a)-1>=delta-1 such paths.

For a fixed nonedge, all its simple three-paths are edge-disjoint. A fixed first internal vertex admits at most one last vertex, and conversely, by C4-freeness. An internal edge cannot be terminal; reversing a shared internal edge would give two common neighbors of a,b. This is the previously proved fixed-pair lemma, not a new novelty claim. A vertex other than a,b occurs on at most two paths, once in each internal position. Deleting v therefore destroys at most two paths; the r further edge deletions destroy at most r more. If ab is added in J, at least delta-3-r of its old three-paths survive and produce distinct C4s in G. Other additions cannot remove them. The first threshold forbids this, so J is empty.

2. Controlling nonlocal new neighborhoods.

Put A=N_P(v), A_i=S_i intersect A, B_i=S_i minus A, a_i=|A_i|, b_i=|B_i|. Let T_i count cycles containing x_i but NOT the other new vertex. Its exact count is the sum of codegrees in P-v-R over unordered pairs in S_i. The two classes are disjoint, so T1+T2<=T. Cycles through BOTH new vertices are retained in T; no equality is assumed.

Suppose b_i>=1 and fix b in B_i. In P-v at least a_i-1 points a in A_i have a common neighbor with b. Indeed deletion of v does not affect these codegrees, and a zero such pair would be an edge, making a a common neighbor of v,b; there is at most one.

Their two-edge paths b-t-a are edge-disjoint. Reusing b-t would make t adjacent to two A points, giving a C4 through v; t cannot equal v since b is not its neighbor. Reversing a shared terminal edge would put two A points into N(b), giving v,b two common neighbors. Terminal edges do not contain b and cannot equal first edges. Thus deleting r old edges destroys at most r of these paths. Each survivor produces a cycle through x_i, so.

a_i<=T_i+r+1.

Only one fixed b is used here.

Pairs within B_i retain their P codegrees after deletion of v. Before deleting R their two-path count is at least (b_i-1)(b_i-2)/2, because Z[B_i] is a forest. Deleting an edge xy destroys at most.

1[x in B_i] deg_(B_i)(y)+1[y in B_i] deg_(B_i)(x).

Such paths, hence at most2 Delta. This is an upper bound, allowing any endpoint-return overcount. The r deletions therefore give.

(b_i-1)(b_i-2)/2<=T_i+2r Delta, b_i<=(3+sqrt(1+8T_i+16r Delta))/2.

Combining the two bounds, if BOTH b1,b2 are positive, the radical mean inequality and T1+T2<=T imply.

|S1|+|S2|<=T+2r+5+sqrt(1+4T+16r Delta).

Since J is empty and the new-new edge contributes at most one,

g=|S1|+|S2|+epsilon-D-r <=T+r+6+sqrt(1+4T+16r Delta)-D<3.

The second threshold gives the strict last inequality, contradicting g>=3. At least one B_i is empty.

3. Exact representation and the earlier forest bound.

Assume S1 subset A. Rename v as x1 in P; delete its D-|S1| unused incident edges and the r edges R, which do not meet v. Then append x2 adjacent to S2 and also to x1 exactly when epsilon=1. With J empty this reproduces EVERY edge of G. The deletion count is r+D-|S1| and the appended degree is |S2|+epsilon; their difference is g.

For completeness, the prior forest-zero theorem used here says that deleting any R' edges from a C4-free host whose zero graph is a forest, then appending one vertex with neighborhood S of size d, gives gain h=d-R'<2+sqrt(1+4T). Every cycle contains the appended vertex and its exact count is sum_z binom(deg_S(z),2) in the remaining host, with deg_S(z)=|N(z) intersect S|. Restoring an absent edge xy increases the old S-endpoint two-path count by exactly 1[x in S]deg_S(y)+1[y in S]deg_S(x). Its initial value is at most B=1+sqrt(1+4T), using one or two distinct summands of the cycle count. Each earlier restored edge raises this expression by at most one, because raising both terms would require xy itself. Final paths are at most T+R'B+R'(R'-1)/2, but the forest gives at least(d-1)(d-2)/2. For d>=2, substitution d=R'+h yields.

2R'(h-1-B)+(h-1)(h-2)<=2T.

At h>=1+B the first term is nonnegative and the second exceeds2T, a contradiction. For d<=1 the claim is immediate. This proves the strict gain bound with arbitrary deletion count and includes all ordinary cycles with chords. Applying it to the exact representation gives the theorem and its integer consequence.

4. What this establishes on the intended polarity route.

For the standard even orthogonal polarity graph at a power of two q, the host has N=q²+q+1 vertices, E0=q(q+1)²/2 edges, delta=q and Delta=q+1. Every deleted vertex has D=q or q+1. Its full zero graph is the credited nucleus/absolute-point tree, and every zero pair is adjacent. Thus all host hypotheses hold.

Let E(q)=ex(N+1,C4). Suppose a family in the edit model above has r=o(q), T=o(q) and e(G)>E(q). The known C4-free E0+2 extension gives g>=3. Both thresholds hold eventually, since sqrt(1+4T+16r(q+1))=o(q). Consequently old nonedge additions vanish and one new vertex is a partial copy of the deleted one. The family eventually lies literally in the previously bounded deletion/one-vertex model, and.

E(q)-E0<=g-1<1+sqrt(1+4T)=o(sqrt(q)).

Conversely if E(q)-E0=o(sqrt(q)) on the chosen unbounded power-of-two sequence, let d=E(q)-E0. Eventually2<=d<=q+1. Appending a vertex adjacent to the nucleus and d absolutes gives E(q)+1 edges and exactly binom(d,2)=o(q) cycles. This known construction belongs to the present model with r=0,J empty and one exact copy of the replaced vertex. Hence existence of such sparse-cycle, o(q)-deletion replacements is equivalent WITHIN THIS MODEL to that small extremal surplus. Neither side is established unconditionally. The reviewed comparison M(q)<=E(q)<=M(q)+3 holds on sufficiently large powers of two, where M(q) is the maximum edge count of simple C4-free (N+1)-vertex graphs with maximum degree at most q+1. The bound M(q)-E0=o(sqrt(q)) remains unproved.

The theorem leaves arbitrary graphs without this representation, order-q edit sets, several deleted host vertices, other hosts/orders and a direct supersaturation proof open. It is independently reviewed paper progress, not a full-problem equivalence or a completed canonical/allowed-axiom/Jig proof.

**Scope.**

All finite simple graphs on n labelled vertices, eventually in n; C4 copies are counted as isomorphic subgraphs, not labelled embeddings.

**Artifacts.**

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.Extremal.Basic
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.CycleGraph
import Mathlib.Topology.Instances.Nat
import Mathlib.Analysis.Real.Sqrt

/-!
# Erdős problem 60: supersaturation of four-cycles

Erdős and Simonovits asked whether every graph with more than
`ex(n, C₄)` edges contains at least a constant times `sqrt n` copies of `C₄`
for all sufficiently large `n`.

The count is Mathlib's subgraph copy count: two embeddings with the same image
are one copy.  This is the exact proposition in
`google-deepmind/formal-conjectures`, Erdős problem 60.
-/

open SimpleGraph Filter

namespace Statements.Erdos60C4Supersaturation

abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∃ c : ℝ, c > 0 ∧
    ∀ᶠ n : ℕ in atTop,
      ∀ (G : SimpleGraph (Fin n)) [DecidableRel G.Adj],
        extremalNumber n (cycleGraph 4) < G.edgeFinset.card →
        c * Real.sqrt (n : ℝ) ≤
          ({H' : G.Subgraph | Nonempty (H'.coe ≃g cycleGraph 4)}.ncard : ℝ)

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos60C4Supersaturation
```

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