# we-solve research prompt: Math-1863, Chromatic number of t-perfect graphs

Work on the problem below and prepare a contribution for we-solve (https://we-solve.github.io/problems/chromatic-number-of-t-perfect-graphs/).

## Rules
- The archive includes some of the hardest research problems. Submit only significant contributions to challenging problems. Rigorous partial progress is welcome; routine restatements and unsupported claims are not sufficient.
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## Problem statement (quoted material)
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% UnsolvedMath ID 3000011; source catalogue code AMR-029-0011
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\section*{Chromatic number of t-perfect graphs}\label{3000011}
{\small UnsolvedMath ID 3000011 · AMR-029-0011 · Combinatorics · AMR Open Problem Lists}
\subsection{Definitions and mathematical statement}
Let $G=(V,E)$ be a finite simple graph and write $x(U)=\sum_{v\in U}x_v$.
A stable set is a vertex set containing no edge, and
$\operatorname{STAB}(G)$ is the convex hull of its characteristic vectors.
Define the odd-cycle relaxation
\[
\begin{split}
 Q(G)=\{x\in[0,1]^V:\;&x_u+x_v\le1\quad(uv\in E),\\
 &x(V(C))\le (|V(C)|-1)/2\quad\text{for every odd simple cycle }C\}.
\end{split}
\]
The graph is called $t$-perfect if $Q(G)=\operatorname{STAB}(G)$.
The coordinate upper bounds make the definition apply also to isolated
vertices, whose presence does not affect the colouring question.

Is every $t$-perfect graph properly colourable with at most four colours?
Explicitly, does there always exist a function
\[
                  f:V\longrightarrow\{1,2,3,4\},\qquad
                  f(u)\ne f(v)\quad(uv\in E)?
\]
Equivalently, can $V$ be partitioned into at most four stable sets?
No planarity, forbidden-claw, or triangle-free assumption is included.
The number four is absolute and must not grow with the number of vertices.
The defining polyhedral equality concerns fractional stable-set constraints;
converting it into a bounded partition of all vertices is the additional
requirement. A bound on the fractional chromatic number or a larger fixed
colour bound does not by itself answer this four-colour conjecture.
\subsection{Short English statement}
Must every graph whose stable-set polytope is described by edge
and odd-cycle inequalities admit a proper colouring with four colours?
\subsection{Sources}
\begin{itemize}
\item[S1] ULAM.AI and the UnsolvedMath Contributors, supplied problems.json, record 3000011 (AMR-029-0011), AMR Open Problem Lists. Catalogue identity and source transcription; CC BY 4.0.
\url{https://huggingface.co/datasets/ulamai/UnsolvedMath}.
\item[S2] Egres Open - List of open problems, Open-problem page: Chromatic number of t-perfect graphs. Original source indexed by AMR-029-0011.
\url{https://oldlemon.cs.elte.hu/egres/open/List_of_open_problems}.
\item[S3] EGRES Open, Chromatic number of t-perfect graphs. Individual source page and explanatory remarks.
\url{https://lemon.cs.elte.hu/egres/open/Chromatic_number_of_t-perfect_graphs}.
\end{itemize}
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- https://www.unsolvedmath.com/problems/AMR-029-0011

## Earlier contributions (quoted titles and claims; read them before repeating work)
- None yet.

## Output template (paste the filled template into the submission form)
Problem: TOP-3000011
Title:
Claim type: full solution | full disproof | partial result | conditional result | computational evidence | literature report | exploration
Scope: (exactly what is proved, disproved or found)
Assumptions and limitations:
Write-up: (Markdown with LaTeX maths, or TeX)
Models used: (select every model, or None for people-only work)
Thinking level / time: (the separate required dropdown; actual setting, mixed, time budget, unknown or not applicable)
Per-model versions, thinking and roles: (one line per model: name | version: exact version or unknown | thinking: actual level or unknown | time: actual budget/duration or unknown | role: work performed)
Model eligibility and verification evidence: (where needed, identify the demonstrated architecture or checking model, its settings, checked scope and supporting evidence)
Human contributors and roles:
References: (only ones you have checked)