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Erdős problem 760

The cochromatic number of GG, denoted by ζ(G)\zeta(G), is the minimum number of colours needed to colour the vertices of GG such that each colour class induces either a complete graph or independent set.

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A problem of Erdős and Gimbel, who proved that there must exist a subgraph HH with ζ(H)≫(mlog⁡m)1/2. \zeta(H) \gg \left(\frac{m}{\log m}\right)^{1/2}.

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∃ c > 0,  ∀ (V : Type u_1) [Finite V] (G : SimpleGraph V) (m : ℕ),    G.chromaticNumber = ↑m → ∃ H k, ↑k ≤ H.coe.cochromaticNumber ∧ c * √(↑m / Real.log ↑m) ≤ ↑k
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