Erdős problem 750
Let be some function such that as . Does there exist a graph of infinite chromatic number such that every subgraph on vertices contains an independent set of size at least ?
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750.lean
Let be some function such that as . Does there exist a graph of infinite chromatic number such that every subgraph on vertices contains an independent set of size at least ?
Note that in [Er94b] the function generalises a (proven) result for , where . Hence we should assume it is non-negative valued.
The existence of such a graph was proved [UlamErdos750] by GPT 5.5 Pro (prompted by Chojecki). Indeed, this constructs a graph with infinite chromatic number such that every subgraph on vertices can be made bipartite after deleting at most many vertices.
This was formalized in Lean by Ammanamanchi using Claude Code 4.7 and GPT-5.5 Pro.
True ↔ ∀ (f : ℕ → NNReal), Filter.Tendsto f Filter.atTop Filter.atTop → ∃ V G, G.chromaticNumber = ⊤ ∧ ∀ (m : ℕ) (S : Set V), 0 < m → S.ncard = m → ∃ I ⊆ S, G.IsIndepSet I ∧ ↑m / 2 - f m ≤ ↑I.ncard