Problem 593 — Visual explainer (undergrad) ========================================== Problem statement --------------- Characterize those finite 3-uniform hypergraphs which appear in every 3-uniform hypergraph of chromatic number $>\aleph_0$. Picture ------- Graph picture: o---o |\ | | \ | o---o K4 is the complete graph on 4 vertices (all connections) Conjecture / Task: what to look at ------------------------ - Restate the problem as: given the constraint, what asymptotic bound or structure must follow? - Use the comments as benchmarks (best known bounds / constructions). Context ------- Area hint: infinite graph theory / Ramsey-type decompositions. Benchmarks / known results (from comments) ---------------------------------------- - Erd\H{o}s claims that for graphs the problem is completely solved: a graph of chromatic number $\geq \aleph_1$ must contain all finite bipartite graphs but need not contain any fixed odd cycle.