Exercise 2138Combinatorics › Graph theoryM1Added 3 Nov 2026
Erdős–Gyárfás conjecture (statement)
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Statement
State the Erdős–Gyárfás conjecture.
Hint
Every cubic graph has a cycle of length a power of .
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Solution
Conjecture (1995). Every graph with minimum degree contains a cycle whose length is a power of .
Partial results. Verified for planar graphs, bipartite graphs, and large graphs.
Conclusion. It remains open and is a classic problem in extremal graph theory.