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Erdős problem 1008

Does every graph with mm edges contain a subgraph with ≫m2/3\gg m^{2/3} edges which contains no C4C_4?

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Folkman's counterexample Kn,n2K_{n,n^2}, which has n3n^3 edges, and yet every subgraph with >n2+(n2)>n^2+\binom{n}{2} edges contains a C4C_4.

FormalConjectures/ErdosProblems/1008.leanErdos1008.erdos_1008.variants.folkman4 linesExact file
∀ (n : ℕ),  (completeBipartiteGraph (Fin n) (Fin (n ^ 2))).edgeSet.ncard = n ^ 3 ∧    ∀ H ≤ completeBipartiteGraph (Fin n) (Fin (n ^ 2)),      n ^ 2 + n.choose 2 < H.edgeSet.ncard → (SimpleGraph.cycleGraph 4).IsContained H
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