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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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In [Er71] Erdős revises the conjecture to m2/3m^{2/3}, and notes ≫m1/2\gg m^{1/2} is trivial.

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∃ c > 0,  ∀ (V : Type) [Fintype V] (G : SimpleGraph V),    ∃ H ≤ G, (SimpleGraph.cycleGraph 4).Free H ∧ c * ↑G.edgeSet.ncard ^ (1 / 2) ≤ ↑H.edgeSet.ncard
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