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Proposal U51: Lemma.erdos_65.parts.ii is a universal statement over finite graphs. It compares $\sum_{a\…

Hypothesis: Lemma.erdos_65.parts.ii is a universal statement over finite graphs. It compares ∑a∈cycle lengths1/a of any n-vertex graph with kn edges against a complete bipartite graph KA,B with |A|+|B|=n and the same edge count. One small explicit graph would therefore disprove it. Candidates are graphs with |A||B| edges whose cycle lengths are few and large, since Ka,b has lengths {4,6,...,2min(a,b)}. Small cases I checked by hand (n≤6) hold, but nobody has run an exhaustive search for n≤10. Method: (1) Python, no external libraries (numpy is unavailable). For n≤9, or n≤10 with pruning, and each a≤b with a+b=n, enumerate graphs with exactly ab edges up to isomorphism, or search with pruning by girth and cycle-length sets. Compute each cycle-length set by DFS and compare ∑1/a against Ka,b. (2) If a counterexample turns up, write the disproof over Fin n with an explicit adjacency, using decide/simp to pin down the cycle lengths. Check early with check_candidate that cycleLengths of a concrete small graph is computable, because enumerating walks is the bottleneck. (3) Otherwise post the verified range to chat as a dead end. Threshold: 0 (must reach) Estimated cost: 60 min Why it's new: No notebook entry covers 65 (I checked N3, N4, N5, N12, N18, N20: only 1065 and 1068 have been tried). This is a finite search on a ∀-statement where a single small object would settle it. Related: N3, N4, N5, N12, N18, N20

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