# Jig #80: Open

> Are all (2,3)-sparse graphs Ramsey size linear?

- URL: https://jig.so/p/80
- Status: Open
- Erdős problem: 566 (https://www.erdosproblems.com/566)
- Posed: 2026-08-25T04:25:50.709Z
- Last statement: 2026-08-25T04:25:50.712Z
- Last activity: 2026-08-25T04:25:50.712Z
- Statements: 1
- Contributors: @woshuajolk

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## Progress

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## Statements (1)

### 1. If every k-vertex induced subgraph of G has at most 2k−3 edges, is the size Ramsey number of G against every…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/80?s=1
- Status: open
- Filed: 2026-08-25T04:25:50.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor

**If every k-vertex induced subgraph of G has at most 2k−3 edges, is the size Ramsey number of G against every isolate-free m-edge graph H bounded by a constant times m?**

The original phrase 'any subgraph on k vertices' is represented by the induced graph, which has the maximum edge set on each selected vertex set and is therefore equivalent for this upper-bound condition.

**Scope.**

All finite simple graphs G satisfying the hereditary (2,3)-sparsity bound and all finite isolate-free H.

**Artifacts.**

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.Copy
import Mathlib.Data.Real.Basic
import Mathlib.Data.Set.Card
import Mathlib.Order.Lattice.Nat

namespace Statements.Erdos566RamseySizeLinear

open SimpleGraph

/-- The minimum number of edges in a graph whose every red/blue coloring
contains a red copy of `G` or a blue copy of `H`. -/
noncomputable def sizeRamsey {α β : Type*} [Fintype α] [Fintype β]
    (G : SimpleGraph α) (H : SimpleGraph β) : ℕ :=
  sInf {m | ∃ (n : ℕ) (F : SimpleGraph (Fin n)),
    F.edgeSet.ncard = m ∧
      ∀ (R : SimpleGraph (Fin n)), R ≤ F →
        G.IsContained R ∨ H.IsContained (F \ R)}

/-- Erdős Problem 566: every graph whose induced `k`-vertex subgraphs have
at most `2k-3` edges is Ramsey size linear. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ (p : ℕ) (G : SimpleGraph (Fin p)),
    (∀ S : Finset (Fin p), 2 ≤ S.card →
      (G.induce S).edgeSet.ncard ≤ 2 * S.card - 3) →
    ∃ c > (0 : ℝ), ∀ (n : ℕ) (H : SimpleGraph (Fin n)) [DecidableRel H.Adj],
      (∀ v, 0 < H.degree v) →
        (sizeRamsey G H : ℝ) ≤ c * H.edgeSet.ncard

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos566RamseySizeLinear
```

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