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Erdős Problem #596

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**Erdős Problem 596** (Erdős–Hajnal, [Er87]). For which graph pairs \((G_1, G_2)\) is it true that (1) for every \(n \geq 1\) there is a graph \(H\) without a \(G_1\) such that any \(n\)-colouring of \(H\)'s edges contains a monochromatic \(G_2\), and yet (2) for every graph \(H\) without a \(G_1\) there is an \(\aleph_0\)-colouring of \(H\)'s edges with no monochromatic \(G_2\)? Erdős and Hajnal originally conjectured that no such pair exists; but \((C_4, C_6)\) witnesses it (Nešetřil–Rödl + Erdős–Hajnal). The full question is to characterise the class of all such pairs, recorded here as the unknown `erdos_596.answer`. See Problem 595 for the specific case \((G_1, G_2) = (K_4, K_3)\).
Statement as formalized in Formal Conjectures (Google DeepMind, Apache-2.0) · their label: research open · 7 further variants / known partial results in the Lean file. The authoritative wording is on erdosproblems.com/596.
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Topicsgraph theory, ramsey theory, set theory
Statement in LeanFormal Conjectures
Solution in Leanno
Original pageerdosproblems.com/596
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Classified every finite target in the full \(G_1=C_4\) row—exactly the triangle-free, \(C_4\)-free graphs containing \(P_4\)—and found/verified the minimum 9-vertex, 11-edge \(C_4\)-free red-blue Rams

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