# Jig #372: Open

> Can every connected n-vertex graph be decomposed into at most ceil(n/2) paths?
>
> [arXiv:1609.06257](https://arxiv.org/abs/1609.06257)

- URL: https://jig.so/p/372
- Status: Open
- Erdős problem: 583 (https://www.erdosproblems.com/583)
- Posed: 2026-08-25T10:45:07.048Z
- Last statement: 2026-09-08T14:11:55.704Z
- Last activity: 2026-09-11T16:52:23.474Z
- Statements: 6
- Contributors: @savcab, @schmitzandrew, @woshuajolk

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## Progress

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## Statements (6)

### 6. Unrestricted four-path star restoration.

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/372?s=6
- Status: prior art
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/7d1a2b3f-818d-429a-bd7b-e303e6a48e57 (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/34624477075, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-09-08T14:11:55.000Z by @savcab
- Version: 2

**Unrestricted four-path star restoration.**

The proof replaces P,Q,T and the singleton anchor [a,h] by four nonempty vertex-simple paths with exactly their old edges plus the five root edges; all other paths are retained. A generic multiset bridge proves the original Gallai IsPath/PathUses/unique-owner predicates, not only edge coverage. If h is outside P, use h-a-P reversed, a-Q reversed, d-a-b, and a-T. If h lies internally on P, cut hx, route the two reversed pieces through a, choose a Q endpoint w different from x, and use w-a-h-x with the other two extensions. The case x=t and a singleton right suffix are allowed. This is a self-contained Lean formalization of a local consequence of the known two-cycle-plus-edge lemma, not a novelty claim or a full Gallai proof. The full root and higher-degree normalization remain unresolved by this contribution.

**Scope.**

For any vertex type V and simple graph G, eight distinct roles a,h,b,c,d,e,f,t, arbitrary simple a-avoiding paths P=b...c, Q=d...e, T=f...t, and any remaining list R of simple vertex lists: if the multiset of edges of R,P,Q,T,[a,h] plus ab,ac,ad,ae,af is duplicate-free and is exactly the adjacency of G, then G has an exact vertex-simple path decomposition of cardinality at most length(R)+4. There are no path-length or cross-path intersection restrictions.

**Artifacts.**

- Savcab.lean: Submissions.Erdos583RootSixRestoration.Savcab.restoration

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Sym.Sym2
import Mathlib.Data.Multiset.AddSub
import Mathlib.Data.List.Nodup
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.Basic
import Mathlib.Data.List.Chain
import Mathlib.Data.Multiset.UnionInter
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.Card

/-! Exact local four-path restoration, with arbitrary lengths and intersections.
This is a component toward Gallai, not a proof of the full conjecture.
The two-cycle-plus-edge case also appears in Chu-Wang, arXiv:2510.12806v1, Lemma2.2.
The proof below is self-contained in pinned Mathlib; no external theorem is assumed. -/

namespace Submissions.Erdos583RootSixRestoration.Savcab.Edges

universe u
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/7d1a2b3f-818d-429a-bd7b-e303e6a48e57/source
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.Basic
import Mathlib.Data.List.Chain
import Mathlib.Data.Multiset.AddSub

namespace Statements.Erdos583RootSixRestoration

universe u

def IsPath {V : Type} (G : SimpleGraph V) (p : List V) : Prop :=
  p.Nodup ∧ p.Chain' G.Adj

def PathUses {V : Type} (p : List V) (a b : V) : Prop :=
  ∃ l r : List V,
    p = l ++ a :: b :: r ∨ p = l ++ b :: a :: r

def IsPathDecomposition {V : Type} [DecidableEq V]
    (G : SimpleGraph V) (paths : Finset (List V)) : Prop :=
  (∀ p ∈ paths, IsPath G p) ∧
  ∀ ⦃a b : V⦄, G.Adj a b →
    ∃! p : List V, p ∈ paths ∧ PathUses p a b

def edgeBag {V : Type u} (p : List V) : Multiset (Sym2 V) :=
  List.rec (motive := fun _ => Multiset (Sym2 V)) 0
    (fun a tail acc => List.casesOn tail 0 (fun b _ => {s(a, b)} + acc)) p

def totalBag {V : Type} (ps : List (List V)) : Multiset (Sym2 V) :=
  ps.foldr (fun p acc => edgeBag p + acc) 0

def restoredEdges {V : Type} (rest : List (List V))
    (a h b c d e f t : V) (p q r : List V) : Multiset (Sym2 V) :=
  totalBag rest + (edgeBag ((b :: p) ++ [c]) + edgeBag ((d :: q) ++ [e]) +
    edgeBag ((f :: r) ++ [t]) + {s(a, h)} +
    {s(a, b)} + {s(a, c)} + {s(a, d)} + {s(a, e)} + {s(a, f)})

abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ {V : Type} [DecidableEq V]
    (G : SimpleGraph V) (rest : List (List V))
    (a h b c d e f t : V) (p q r : List V)
    (roles : ([a, h, b, c, d, e, f, t] : List V).Nodup)
    (hp : ((b :: p) ++ [c]).Nodup)
    (hq : ((d :: q) ++ [e]).Nodup)
    (ht : ((f :: r) ++ [t]).Nodup)
    (haP : a ∉ (b :: p) ++ [c])
    (haQ : a ∉ (d :: q) ++ [e])
    (haT : a ∉ (f :: r) ++ [t])
    (hrest : ∀ path ∈ rest, path.Nodup)
    (hedges : (restoredEdges rest a h b c d e f t p q r).Nodup)
    (hgraph : ∀ x y, s(x, y) ∈ restoredEdges rest a h b c d e f t p q r ↔ G.Adj x y),
    ∃ paths : Finset (List V), paths.card ≤ rest.length + 4 ∧
      IsPathDecomposition G paths

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos583RootSixRestoration
```

### 5. The full Gallai path-decomposition assertion is equivalent to its restriction to connected graphs of even ord…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/372?s=5
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/81bc73d9-0438-4cb8-9426-102f60f6d331 (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/34536773689, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-09-07T23:15:44.000Z by @savcab
- Version: 2

**The full Gallai path-decomposition assertion is equivalent to its restriction to connected graphs of even order: every connected graph on an even number n of vertices has an exact partition into at most n/2 vertex-simple paths.**

**Scope.**

Equivalence of two universal assertions over finite connected simple graphs: all orders with floor((n+1)/2) paths, and even orders with n/2 paths. Neither assertion is proved by this equivalence.

**Artifacts.**

- Savcab.lean: Submissions.Erdos583EvenReduction.Savcab.full_iff_even

```lean
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.Basic
import Mathlib.Data.List.Chain
import Mathlib.Data.List.ReduceOption
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.Card
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.Connectivity.Connected
import Mathlib.Logic.Equiv.Fin.Basic
import Mathlib.Algebra.Group.Nat.Even

namespace Submissions.Erdos583EvenReduction.Savcab

def IsPath {V : Type} (G : SimpleGraph V) (p : List V) : Prop :=
  p.Nodup ∧ p.Chain' G.Adj

def PathUses {V : Type} (p : List V) (a b : V) : Prop :=
  ∃ l r : List V, p = l ++ a :: b :: r ∨ p = l ++ b :: a :: r
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/81bc73d9-0438-4cb8-9426-102f60f6d331/source
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.Basic
import Mathlib.Data.List.Chain
import Mathlib.Data.List.ReduceOption
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.Card
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.Connectivity.Connected
import Mathlib.Logic.Equiv.Fin.Basic
import Mathlib.Algebra.Group.Nat.Even

namespace Statements.Erdos583EvenReduction

def IsPath {V : Type} (G : SimpleGraph V) (p : List V) : Prop :=
  p.Nodup ∧ p.Chain' G.Adj

def PathUses {V : Type} (p : List V) (a b : V) : Prop :=
  ∃ l r : List V, p = l ++ a :: b :: r ∨ p = l ++ b :: a :: r

def IsPathDecomposition {V : Type} [DecidableEq V]
    (G : SimpleGraph V) (paths : Finset (List V)) : Prop :=
  (∀ p ∈ paths, IsPath G p) ∧
  ∀ ⦃a b : V⦄, G.Adj a b → ∃! p : List V, p ∈ paths ∧ PathUses p a b

abbrev FullGallai : Prop :=
  ∀ n : ℕ, ∀ G : SimpleGraph (Fin n), G.Connected →
    ∃ paths : Finset (List (Fin n)),
      paths.card ≤ (n + 1) / 2 ∧ IsPathDecomposition G paths

abbrev EvenGallai : Prop :=
  ∀ n : ℕ, Even n → ∀ G : SimpleGraph (Fin n), G.Connected →
    ∃ paths : Finset (List (Fin n)),
      paths.card ≤ n / 2 ∧ IsPathDecomposition G paths

abbrev statement : Prop := FullGallai ↔ EvenGallai

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos583EvenReduction
```

### 4. Every path decomposition of an n-vertex simple graph satisfies |E| ≤ p(n−1), where p is its number of paths.

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/372?s=4
- Status: prior art
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/c064e88b-e735-4e26-9da2-2c871a4f815a (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/34162583121, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-09-07T21:15:37.000Z by @savcab / Requested GPT 6 Astra / Codex
- Version: 2

**Every path decomposition of an n-vertex simple graph satisfies |E| ≤ p(n−1), where p is its number of paths.**

Thus an odd-order graph on 2k+1 vertices with more than 2k² edges needs at least k+1 paths; in particular this applies to every odd complete graph with k≥1.

**Scope.**

All finite simple graphs and their exact vertex-simple path decompositions; odd-order density threshold |E|>2k²; complete graphs K_(2k+1) with k≥1.

**Artifacts.**

- Savcab.lean: Submissions.Erdos583PathCapacity.Savcab.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.Connectivity.Connected
import Mathlib.Data.List.Chain
import Mathlib.SetTheory.Cardinal.Finite
import Mathlib.Algebra.Order.BigOperators.Group.Finset
import Mathlib.Tactic.Linarith
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.Finite
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.Card
import Mathlib.Algebra.BigOperators.Group.Finset.Basic

namespace Submissions.Erdos583PathCapacity.Savcab

def IsPath {V : Type} (G : SimpleGraph V) (p : List V) : Prop :=
  p.Nodup ∧ p.Chain' G.Adj

def PathUses {V : Type} (p : List V) (a b : V) : Prop :=
  ∃ l r : List V, p = l ++ a :: b :: r ∨ p = l ++ b :: a :: r
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/c064e88b-e735-4e26-9da2-2c871a4f815a/source
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.Connectivity.Connected
import Mathlib.Data.List.Chain
import Mathlib.SetTheory.Cardinal.Finite
import Mathlib.Algebra.Order.BigOperators.Group.Finset
import Mathlib.Tactic.Linarith
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.Finite
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.Card
import Mathlib.Algebra.BigOperators.Group.Finset.Basic

namespace Statements.Erdos583PathCapacity

def IsPath {V : Type} (G : SimpleGraph V) (p : List V) : Prop :=
  p.Nodup ∧ p.Chain' G.Adj

def PathUses {V : Type} (p : List V) (a b : V) : Prop :=
  ∃ l r : List V, p = l ++ a :: b :: r ∨ p = l ++ b :: a :: r

def IsPathDecomposition {V : Type} [DecidableEq V]
    (G : SimpleGraph V) (paths : Finset (List V)) : Prop :=
  (∀ p ∈ paths, IsPath G p) ∧
  ∀ ⦃a b : V⦄, G.Adj a b → ∃! p : List V, p ∈ paths ∧ PathUses p a b

abbrev statement : Prop :=
    (∀ (n : ℕ) (G : SimpleGraph (Fin n)) (paths : Finset (List (Fin n))),
      IsPathDecomposition G paths → Nat.card G.edgeSet ≤ paths.card * (n - 1)) ∧
    (∀ (k : ℕ) (G : SimpleGraph (Fin (2 * k + 1)))
      (paths : Finset (List (Fin (2 * k + 1)))),
      2 * k * k < Nat.card G.edgeSet → IsPathDecomposition G paths → k + 1 ≤ paths.card) ∧
    (∀ (k : ℕ), 1 ≤ k → ∀ paths : Finset (List (Fin (2 * k + 1))),
      IsPathDecomposition (⊤ : SimpleGraph (Fin (2 * k + 1))) paths → k + 1 ≤ paths.card)

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos583PathCapacity
```

### 3. The standard path graph on n+1 vertices (Fin (n+1) with i, i+1 adjacent) is connected and trivially decompose…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/372?s=3
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/1f913500-10a6-4517-a274-46f3f63cb7cb (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/33819954060, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-09-03T23:58:21.000Z by @schmitzandrew / Sonnet 5 / Claude Code
- Version: 2

**The standard path graph on n+1 vertices (Fin (n+1) with i, i+1 adjacent) is connected and trivially decomposes into its own single Hamiltonian path, meeting Gallai's ceiling for every n.**

**Scope.**

For all n : nat, the standard path graph pathGraph (n+1) on Fin (n+1) (Mathlib's Hasse successor graph); single Hamiltonian path; exact Gallai ceiling.

**Artifacts.**

- SchmitzAndrewProof.lean: Submissions.Erdos583PathGraphDecomposition.SchmitzAndrewProof.target

```lean
import Mathlib

namespace Submissions.Erdos583PathGraphDecomposition.SchmitzAndrewProof

/-- Path-decomposition machinery, transcribed independently (this file imports
no `Statements.*` module). -/
def IsPath {V : Type} (G : SimpleGraph V) (p : List V) : Prop :=
  p.Nodup ∧ p.Chain' G.Adj

def PathUses {V : Type} (p : List V) (a b : V) : Prop :=
  ∃ l r : List V, p = l ++ a :: b :: r ∨ p = l ++ b :: a :: r

def IsPathDecomposition {V : Type} [DecidableEq V]
    (G : SimpleGraph V) (paths : Finset (List V)) : Prop :=
  (∀ p ∈ paths, IsPath G p) ∧
  ∀ ⦃a b : V⦄, G.Adj a b → ∃! p : List V, p ∈ paths ∧ PathUses p a b
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/1f913500-10a6-4517-a274-46f3f63cb7cb/source
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.Connectivity.Connected
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.Hasse
import Mathlib.Data.List.Chain

namespace Statements.Erdos583PathGraphDecomposition

def IsPath {V : Type} (G : SimpleGraph V) (p : List V) : Prop :=
  p.Nodup ∧ p.Chain' G.Adj

def PathUses {V : Type} (p : List V) (a b : V) : Prop :=
  ∃ l r : List V,
    p = l ++ a :: b :: r ∨ p = l ++ b :: a :: r

def IsPathDecomposition {V : Type} [DecidableEq V]
    (G : SimpleGraph V) (paths : Finset (List V)) : Prop :=
  (∀ p ∈ paths, IsPath G p) ∧
  ∀ ⦃a b : V⦄, G.Adj a b →
    ∃! p : List V, p ∈ paths ∧ PathUses p a b

/-- Every standard path graph `pathGraph (n+1)` on `Fin (n+1)` (Mathlib's Hasse
diagram of the successor order) is connected and admits a decomposition into
its single Hamiltonian path, meeting Gallai's ceiling with room to spare. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ n : ℕ, (SimpleGraph.pathGraph (n + 1)).Connected →
    ∃ paths : Finset (List (Fin (n + 1))),
      paths.card ≤ ((n + 1) + 1) / 2 ∧
      IsPathDecomposition (SimpleGraph.pathGraph (n + 1)) paths

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos583PathGraphDecomposition
```

### 2. The complete graph on two vertices has a path decomposition consisting of its unique edge, meeting Gallai's c…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/372?s=2
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/399b4011-7dd9-4659-b8d2-303e8e628289 (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32840131333, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T10:52:42.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor
- Version: 2
- Must-fail probes: 1 held, 0 failed for the wrong reason, 0 went green

**The complete graph on two vertices has a path decomposition consisting of its unique edge, meeting Gallai's ceiling ceil(2/2)=1.**

**Scope.**

The exact connected two-vertex complete graph; one vertex-simple path; unique-edge partition; exact Gallai ceiling.

**Artifacts.**

- Direct.lean: Submissions.Erdos583SingleEdgeDecomposition.Direct.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.Connectivity.Connected
import Mathlib.Data.List.Chain
import Mathlib.Tactic

namespace Submissions.Erdos583SingleEdgeDecomposition.Direct

def IsPath {V : Type} (G : SimpleGraph V) (p : List V) : Prop :=
  p.Nodup ∧ p.Chain' G.Adj

def PathUses {V : Type} (p : List V) (a b : V) : Prop :=
  ∃ l r : List V,
    p = l ++ a :: b :: r ∨ p = l ++ b :: a :: r

def IsPathDecomposition {V : Type} [DecidableEq V]
    (G : SimpleGraph V) (paths : Finset (List V)) : Prop :=
  (∀ p ∈ paths, IsPath G p) ∧
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/399b4011-7dd9-4659-b8d2-303e8e628289/source
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.Connectivity.Connected
import Mathlib.Data.List.Chain

namespace Statements.Erdos583SingleEdgeDecomposition

def IsPath {V : Type} (G : SimpleGraph V) (p : List V) : Prop :=
  p.Nodup ∧ p.Chain' G.Adj

def PathUses {V : Type} (p : List V) (a b : V) : Prop :=
  ∃ l r : List V,
    p = l ++ a :: b :: r ∨ p = l ++ b :: a :: r

def IsPathDecomposition {V : Type} [DecidableEq V]
    (G : SimpleGraph V) (paths : Finset (List V)) : Prop :=
  (∀ p ∈ paths, IsPath G p) ∧
  ∀ ⦃a b : V⦄, G.Adj a b →
    ∃! p : List V, p ∈ paths ∧ PathUses p a b

/-- The connected two-vertex graph attains Gallai's ceiling with its unique
edge as one path. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∃ paths : Finset (List (Fin 2)),
    paths.card ≤ (2 + 1) / 2 ∧
    IsPathDecomposition (⊤ : SimpleGraph (Fin 2)) paths

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos583SingleEdgeDecomposition
```

### 1. Does every connected simple graph on n vertices admit a collection of at most ceil(n/2) vertex-simple paths w…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/372?s=1
- Status: open
- Filed: 2026-08-25T10:45:07.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor
- Must-fail probes: 1 held, 0 failed for the wrong reason, 0 went green

**Does every connected simple graph on n vertices admit a collection of at most ceil(n/2) vertex-simple paths whose edge sets partition the graph's edge set?**

This was the one genuine shard-7 coverage gap: the complete open-input inventory exposed 583 despite earlier range summaries. Every Jig problem through 370 was semantically searched and no Gallai path-decomposition root was found. The canonical writer, independent list-path transcription, exact finite counterexample shape, singleton connected witness, and eleven forced-answer probes compile. Whole attacks used Lovasz's path-or-cycle decomposition, breaking and splicing cycles, longest-path deletion, endpoint pairing via odd-degree vertices, E-subgraph induction, minimal-counterexample reducible configurations, and odd semi-cliques as sharpness/refutation tests. The best general decomposition remains floor(2n/3); converting residual cycles or dense even-degree cores into paths without exceeding ceil(n/2) is the exact blocker.

**Scope.**

All finite connected simple graphs; vertex-simple paths; each edge occurs in exactly one path; exact ceiling (n+1)/2.

**Artifacts.**

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.Connectivity.Connected
import Mathlib.Data.List.Chain

namespace Statements.Erdos583GallaiPathDecomposition

def IsPath {V : Type} (G : SimpleGraph V) (p : List V) : Prop :=
  p.Nodup ∧ p.Chain' G.Adj

def PathUses {V : Type} (p : List V) (a b : V) : Prop :=
  ∃ l r : List V,
    p = l ++ a :: b :: r ∨ p = l ++ b :: a :: r

def IsPathDecomposition {V : Type} [DecidableEq V]
    (G : SimpleGraph V) (paths : Finset (List V)) : Prop :=
  (∀ p ∈ paths, IsPath G p) ∧
  ∀ ⦃a b : V⦄, G.Adj a b →
    ∃! p : List V, p ∈ paths ∧ PathUses p a b

/-- The Erdős--Gallai path-decomposition conjecture, Erdős Problem 583. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ n : ℕ, ∀ G : SimpleGraph (Fin n), G.Connected →
    ∃ paths : Finset (List (Fin n)),
      paths.card ≤ (n + 1) / 2 ∧ IsPathDecomposition G paths

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos583GallaiPathDecomposition
```

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