Problem 595 — Visual explainer (undergrad) ========================================== Problem statement --------------- Is there an infinite graph $G$ which contains no $K_4$ and is not the union of countably many triangle-free graphs? Picture ------- Graph picture: o---o |\ | | \ | o---o K4 is the complete graph on 4 vertices (all connections) Question: 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) ---------------------------------------- - Folkman and Ne\v{s}et\v{r}il and R\"{o}dl have proved that for every $n\geq 1$ there is a graph $G$ which contains no $K_4$ and is not the union of $n$ triangle-free graphs.