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Erdős Problem #902

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No proof or disproof is known, and it isn't known whether a finite computation could settle it.

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`HasPropertyS G n` is Schütte's property \(S_n\) [Er63c]: every set `E` of `n` vertices is dominated by a vertex outside it, that is, some vertex `x ∉ E` has an edge to every vertex of `E`.

\(f(n)\): the least number of vertices of a tournament with property \(S_n\). A tournament with fewer than \(n\) vertices has no set of \(n\) vertices, so it has property \(S_n\) vacuously; the condition `n ≤ m` excludes this case.

Let \(f(n)\) be minimal such that there is a tournament (a complete directed graph) on \(f(n)\) vertices such that every set of \(n\) vertices is dominated by at least one other vertex. Estimate \(f(n)\).
Statement as formalized in Formal Conjectures (Google DeepMind, Apache-2.0) · their label: research open · 6 further variants / known partial results in the Lean file. The authoritative wording is on erdosproblems.com/902.
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Topicsgraph theory
Statement in LeanFormal Conjectures
Solution in Leanno
OEISA362137
Original pageerdosproblems.com/902
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Verified \(48\leq f(4)\leq67\); \(P_{67}\) is an explicit \(S_4\) tournament with a standalone exhaustive checker, while the asymptotic factor-\(n\) gap remains open.

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