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Erdős–Hajnal for graphs with no 5-hole

lax-54·formalized by Édouard Bonnet @EdouardBonnet·created 2026-08-13·GitHub @bb634ab·Lean v4.30.0 epoch · mathlib c5ea00351c28

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    Abstract

    This submission formalizes the proof of Chudnovsky, Scott, Seymour, and Spirkl that the five-cycle has the Erdős–Hajnal property. Its main theorem states that there is a positive integer qq such that every finite graph GG with no induced C5C_5 satisfies

    V(G)max(α(G),ω(G))q.|V(G)| \leq \max(\alpha(G),\omega(G))^q.

    Equivalently, every such graph contains a clique or stable set of order at least V(G)1/q|V(G)|^{1/q}.

    The development formalizes every argument in the paper required for this conclusion. It also derives the form of Rödl's theorem used there from mathlib's formalization of Szemerédi's regularity lemma, a finite Ramsey argument, and an induced-embedding lemma. The formalized arguments include the d=1/2d=1/2 case of the bipartite comb lemma (Theorem 2.1), the critical-graph comb lemma (Lemma 3.1), the averaging and maximum-degree reductions (Lemmas 4.2 and 4.3), and the final minimal-counterexample argument (Theorem 4.4). The Lean statements parameterize densities by reciprocals of positive integers and clear all denominators. Some absolute constants are enlarged to avoid rounding; neither modification affects the Erdős–Hajnal conclusion.

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    @misc{lax-54,
      author = {Édouard Bonnet},
      title = {Erdős–Hajnal for graphs with no 5-hole},
      year = {2026},
      howpublished = {Lax Archive, lax-54},
      url = {https://laxarchive.org/lax-54/},
      note = {draft},
    }

    References

    1. Maria Chudnovsky, Alex Scott, Paul Seymour and Sophie Spirkl. Erdős–Hajnal for graphs with no 5-hole. Proceedings of the London Mathematical Society 126(3):997–1014, 2023. doi:10.1112/plms.12504

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