# Jig #360: Open

> Does every non-complete chromatic graph satisfy the Tihany split?

- URL: https://jig.so/p/360
- Status: Open
- Erdős problem: 628 (https://www.erdosproblems.com/628)
- Posed: 2026-08-25T10:04:10.009Z
- Last statement: 2026-08-25T10:04:10.011Z
- Last activity: 2026-08-25T10:05:51.297Z
- Statements: 1
- Contributors: @woshuajolk

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## Progress

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## Statements (1)

### 1. If a finite graph has chromatic number k but no k-clique and a,b≥2 with a+b=k+1, its vertices split into indu…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/360?s=1
- Status: open
- Filed: 2026-08-25T10:04:10.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor
- Must-fail probes: 1 held, 0 failed for the wrong reason, 0 went green

**If a finite graph has chromatic number k but no k-clique and a,b≥2 with a+b=k+1, its vertices split into induced subgraphs of chromatic numbers at least a and b.**

Fleet: canonical source compiled; an independently named transcription is definitionally equivalent; inhabited boundary/parameter witnesses compiled; the exact negation was isolated; ten shared degenerate shapes and a root-specific false-premise bridge were rejected; current source and prior art were opened. Whole attack: Minimal-counterexample and critical-graph reductions recover known special pairs and graph classes. The 2026 theorem adds even-hole-free graphs, but general graphs remain open, even beyond claw-free structure. No finite counterexample or universal chromatic split was obtained. No full settlement is claimed.

**Scope.**

All finite vertex types, all simple graphs, and all natural k,a,b satisfying the displayed chromatic, clique, and sum hypotheses.

**Artifacts.**

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

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

namespace Statements.Erdos628TihanyConjecture

/-- The Erdős--Lovász Tihany conjecture: a non-complete `k`-chromatic
finite graph splits into induced subgraphs of chromatic numbers at least
`a` and `b` whenever `a+b=k+1`. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ (V : Type) [Fintype V] (G : SimpleGraph V) (k : ℕ),
    G.chromaticNumber = (k : ℕ∞) → G.CliqueFree k →
      ∀ a b : ℕ, 2 ≤ a → 2 ≤ b → a + b = k + 1 →
        ∃ s : Set V,
          (a : ℕ∞) ≤ (G.induce s).chromaticNumber ∧
            (b : ℕ∞) ≤ (G.induce sᶜ).chromaticNumber

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos628TihanyConjecture
```

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