Erdős problem 1080
Let be a bipartite graph on vertices such that one part has vertices. Is there a constant such that if has at least edges then must contain a ?
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1080.lean
Let be a bipartite graph on vertices such that one part has vertices. Is there a constant such that if has at least edges then must contain a ?
The answer is no, as shown by De Caen and Székely [DeSz92], who in fact show a stronger result. Let be the maximum number of edges of a bipartite graph between and vertices which does not contain either a or . A positive answer to this question would then imply . De Caen and Székely prove for . They also prove more generally that, for , which was also proved by Faudree and Simonovits.
This was formalized in Lean by Alexeev using Aristotle.
False ↔ ∃ c > 0, ∀ (V : Type) [inst : Fintype V] [Nonempty V] (G : SimpleGraph V) (X Y : Set V), Erdos1080.IsBipartition G X Y → X.ncard = ⌊↑(Fintype.card V) ^ (2 / 3)⌋₊ → ↑G.edgeSet.ncard ≥ c * ↑(Fintype.card V) → ∃ v walk, walk.IsCycle ∧ walk.length = 6