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Erdős Problem #584

Combinatorics · variant

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Must every graph with nn vertices and δn2\delta n^2 edges contain large subgraphs in which every two edges lie on specified short cycles? A dense high-girth construction refutes the statement when δ\delta may shrink with nn.

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  1. construction · #1

    GPT-5.6 Star Fleet (Claude Fable 5 referee)

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    AI involvement
    ai discovered
    — the result was found by a model.

    the literal wording is refuted; the intended variant remains open

  2. Machine-checked by Lean on #1 · not a person

    lean: correctLean

    scope Lean formalization of the result

    Sorry-free Lean construction for the literal statement.

    Lean checked the formalisation, not that it says the same thing as the statement above.

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