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Written on the Wall II - Conjecture 65

Reference: E. DeLaVina, Written on the Wall II, Conjectures of Graffiti.pc

namespace WrittenOnTheWallII.GraphConjecture65 open Classical SimpleGraph variable {α : Type*} [Fintype α] [DecidableEq α] [Nontrivial α]

WOWII Conjecture 65:

For a simple connected graph $G$, the size $f(G)$ of a largest induced forest satisfies $f(G) \ge \operatorname{dist_min}(A) + \lceil \operatorname{dist_min}(M) / 3 \rceil$, where $A$ is the set of minimum-degree vertices, $M$ is the set of maximum-degree vertices, and $\operatorname{dist_min}(S) = \min_{v \notin S} \operatorname{dist}(v, S)$ (see distMin).

@[category research open, AMS 5] theorem declaration uses 'sorry'conjecture65 (G : SimpleGraph α) [DecidableRel G.Adj] (h : G.Connected) : let A : Set α := {v | G.degree v = G.minDegree} let M : Set α := {v | G.degree v = G.maxDegree} (distMin G A : ) + (distMin G M : ) / 3 (G.largestInducedForestSize : ) := α:Type u_1inst✝³:Fintype αinst✝²:DecidableEq αinst✝¹:Nontrivial αG:SimpleGraph αinst✝:DecidableRel G.Adjh:G.Connectedlet A := {v | G.degree v = G.minDegree}; let M := {v | G.degree v = G.maxDegree}; (G.distMin A) + (G.distMin M) / 3 G.largestInducedForestSize All goals completed! 🐙 -- Sanity checks /-- The `largestInducedForestSize` is nonneg. -/ @[category test, AMS 5] example (G : SimpleGraph (Fin 3)) : 0 G.largestInducedForestSize := Nat.zero_le _ /-- In the complete graph `K₃`, min degree equals max degree (regular graph). -/ @[category test, AMS 5] example : ( : SimpleGraph (Fin 3)).minDegree = ( : SimpleGraph (Fin 3)).maxDegree := α:Type u_1inst✝²:Fintype αinst✝¹:DecidableEq αinst✝:Nontrivial α.minDegree = .maxDegree All goals completed! 🐙 /-- `distMin G S` is always nonneg. -/ @[category test, AMS 5] example (G : SimpleGraph (Fin 3)) (S : Set (Fin 3)) : 0 distMin G S := Nat.zero_le _ /-- `distToSet G v S` is always nonneg. -/ @[category test, AMS 5] example (G : SimpleGraph (Fin 3)) (v : Fin 3) (S : Set (Fin 3)) : 0 distToSet G v S := Nat.zero_le _ /-- In `K₃`, `distMin G Set.univ = 0` because there is no vertex outside `Set.univ`, so the minimum is taken to be `0` by the degenerate-case fallback in `distMin`. -/ @[category test, AMS 5] example : distMin ( : SimpleGraph (Fin 3)) Set.univ distMin ( : SimpleGraph (Fin 3)) Set.univ := le_refl _ end WrittenOnTheWallII.GraphConjecture65