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Contents
  1. Erdős Problem #774: independent continuation
  2. 1) TARGET AND SOURCE AUDIT
  3. 2) WORK
  4. A uniform-color compactness lemma.
  5. 3) ADVERSARIAL VERIFICATION
  6. 4) FINAL
  7. 5) SOURCES CHECKED
  8. 6) COMPLETION ESTIMATE

Erdős Problem #774: independent continuation

Date: 2026-09-23. Research attempt; no claim of a new published result.

1) TARGET AND SOURCE AUDIT

If every finite subset $B$ of $A\subseteq\mathbb N$ contains a dissociated subset of size at least $\delta|B|$, must $A$ be a finite union of dissociated sets?

All supplied versions considered: 774.tex. The source correctly cites counterexamples to the analogous fixed-$h$-free assertion, where one side of a subset-sum relation has size at most $h$. Its broad claim that every proof using a fixed level is ruled out needs a qualification: a proof may still use additional consequences of the full dissociated-subset hypothesis. I prove the precise compactness condition that a positive argument would need.

2) WORK

A uniform-color compactness lemma.
For a countable set $A$, the following are equivalent for a fixed integer $m\ge1$: \[ A\text{ is a union of }m\text{ dissociated sets}; \qquad \text{for every }h,\ A\text{ is a union of }m\ h\text{-free sets}. \tag{1} \] The forward implication is immediate. For the reverse, enumerate $A=\{a_1,a_2,\ldots\}$. Form a rooted tree whose level-$n$ nodes are $m$-colorings of $\{a_1,\ldots,a_n\}$ with each color class dissociated; edges are restriction. The assumption with $h=n$ supplies at least one such coloring, since every subset-sum equality on these $n$ elements has both sides of size at most $n$. Each node has at most $m$ children. A finitely branching tree with nodes at all depths has an infinite path: recursively select a child with descendants at unbounded depths. Along that path, every finite monochromatic subset-sum relation is excluded at some finite level. The limiting color classes are therefore dissociated.

Thus the exact missing uniformity is the number of colors $m$, independent of $h$. Merely knowing that each truncation has some finite cover $m(h)$ is insufficient for this argument. Equivalently, if $A$ is not a union of $m$ dissociated sets, some finite subset $F$ already cannot be $m$-colored into dissociated sets, and taking $h=|F|$ detects the obstruction at a finite level.

The published fixed-$h$ counterexample does not have the full proportional dissociated-subset property by hypothesis. Consequently it cannot by itself refute an argument using that stronger premise to obtain the uniform $m$ in $1$.

3) ADVERSARIAL VERIFICATION

The compactness proof fixes $m$ before taking the limit; allowing a fresh unbounded color palette at each level would invalidate finite branching. The $h$-free convention permits the other side of the relation to be arbitrarily large, as in the source paper. All constructions here are countable because $A\subseteq\mathbb N$.

4) FINAL

UNRESOLVED. No bound $m=m(\delta)$ uniform in the truncation depth is established. The lemma makes that gap exact and corrects an overbroad proof-obstruction claim, but does not settle the Pisier question.

5) SOURCES CHECKED

Entire supplied source read. Checked Nešetřil--Rödl--Sales, On Pisier Type Theorems, DOI 10.1007/s00493-024-00115-1, Theorem 1.1 and introduction, on 2026-09-23. The theorem supplies the fixed-$h$ counterexamples only.

6) COMPLETION ESTIMATE

This is a conservative subjective measure of progress toward the original question, not a probability of correctness or a claim that the remaining work is routine. COMPLETION: 10%