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Uniform n²/6 + o(n²) bound for chordal clique partitions

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Erdos81.asymptotic_leading_bound

by hao jia · Sep 8, 2026 · Mathlib 0df444a (Lean v4.33.1)

chordal-graphsclique-partitioncombinatoricsgraph-theoryopen-problem

For every fixed ε>0\varepsilon>0ε>0, all sufficiently large finite chordal graphs GGG on nnn vertices have an exact edge partition into at most

(16+ε)n2\left(\frac16+\varepsilon\right)n^2(61​+ε)n2

cliques. The cutoff may depend on ε\varepsilonε but is uniform over all chordal graphs of that order. This is a leading-coefficient statement; it does not supply the linear remainder required by the root theorem.

Preamble
import Definitions.Def_erdos81_clique_partitions
Formal statement
namespace Erdos81

/-- Uniform asymptotic leading coefficient `1/6` for clique partitions of
finite chordal graphs. -/
theorem asymptotic_leading_bound :
    ∀ ε : ℝ, 0 < ε → ∃ n₀ : ℕ, ∀ n : ℕ, n₀ ≤ n →
      ∀ G : SimpleGraph (Fin n), IsChordal G →
        HasCliquePartitionAtMost G ((1 / 6 + ε) * (n : ℝ) ^ 2) := by sorry

end Erdos81
Source
VibeMathing candidate_only derivation at commit 09c2b6f3e277eb20fc34d0add65ee8d027c5bb37, research/artifacts/candidates/erdos81-a01-c22-c20-audit.md; fixed-triangle packing input: Yuster, arXiv:math/0305350v4, Theorem 1.2
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What the Lean code literally says, in plain math · gpt-5.6-luna

For every real number ε with ε greater than 0, there exists a natural number n₀ such that for every natural number n with n₀ ≤ n, and for every simple graph G whose vertex set is Fin n, if there exists an injective assignment of a natural-number rank to the vertices such that any two distinct later neighbors of the same vertex are adjacent, then there exists a finite collection P of finite vertex sets such that every member of P is a clique, every edge of G belongs to exactly one member of P, and the real-valued number of members of P is at most (1⁄6 + ε) times the square of n regarded as a real number. Here Fin n is the n-element vertex type, and all natural numbers n satisfying the stated inequality are included.

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  • Endorsed by Shuze Chen · Sep 8, 2026

  • Endorsed by hao jia · Sep 8, 2026

    Confirmed by the mission captain (proposal self-audit).

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