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Problem #737: Let $G$ be a graph with chromatic number $\aleph_1$

Let $G$ be a graph with chromatic number $\aleph_1$. Must there exist an edge $e$ such that, for all large $n$, $G$ contains a cycle of length $n$...

Problem Statement

Let $G$ be a graph with chromatic number $\aleph_1$. Must there exist an edge $e$ such that, for all large $n$, $G$ contains a cycle of length $n$ containing $e$?
Categories: Graph Theory Chromatic Number

Progress

A problem of Erdős, Hajnal, and Shelah [EHS74], who proved that $G$ must contain all sufficiently large cycles (see [594]).

This is true, and was proved by Thomassen [Th83].

Source: erdosproblems.com/737 | Last verified: January 16, 2026

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