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Proof of `Polynomial semisparse blockades for the house`

groundedproofs/Lax57Proofs/SemisparseBlockade.lean · lax-57

What this proof establishes

Assuming the claims on the left, the claim on the right holds — checked by the archive's pipeline. Proof code is not displayed here.

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Description

Start with the one-block layout and choose a maximal layout with fewer than EE blocks. Its conserved weight identifies a block containing a polynomial fraction of the graph. The local blockade theorem either gives at least EE blocks at once or refines the layout to a larger one, which must cross the EE-block threshold. The bound on exceptional ordered edges then gives the required semisparsity.