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Erdős problem 918

A question of Erdős and Hajnal [ErHa68b], who proved that for every finite kk there is a graph with chromatic number ℵ1\aleph_1 and ℵk\aleph_k vertices where each subgraph on less than ℵk\aleph_k vertices has chromatic number ≤ℵ0\leq \aleph_0.

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A question of Erdős and Hajnal [ErHa68b], who proved that for every finite kk there is a graph with chromatic number ℵ1\aleph_1 and ℵk\aleph_k vertices where each subgraph on less than ℵk\aleph_k vertices has chromatic number ≤ℵ0\leq \aleph_0.

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∀ (k : ℕ),  0 < k →    ∃ V G,      Cardinal.mk V = Cardinal.aleph ↑k ∧        G.chromaticCardinal = Cardinal.aleph 1 ∧          ∀ (W : Set V),            Cardinal.mk ↑W < Cardinal.aleph ↑k → (SimpleGraph.induce W G).chromaticCardinal ≤ Cardinal.aleph0
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