# we-solve research prompt: Math-2092, A graph G is said to be uniquely H-saturated if it contains no H, but adding any edge to G creates exactly one copy of H

Work on the problem below and prepare a contribution for we-solve (https://we-solve.github.io/problems/a-graph-g-is-said-to-be-uniquely-h-saturated-if-it-contains-no-h-but-adding-any-edge-to-g-creates-exactly-one-copy-of-h/).

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## Problem statement (quoted material)
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% UnsolvedMath ID 3100025; source catalogue code AMR-030-0025
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\section*{A graph G is said to be uniquely H-saturated if it contains no H, but adding any edge to G creates exactly one copy of H}\label{3100025}
{\small UnsolvedMath ID 3100025 · AMR-030-0025 · Combinatorics · AMR Open Problem Lists}
\subsection{Definitions and mathematical statement}
Fix an integer $r\ge3$. A finite simple graph $G$ is uniquely
$K_r$-saturated if it contains no copy of the complete graph $K_r$,
but adding any missing edge creates exactly one copy of $K_r$.
Copies are counted by their vertex sets, and every newly created
copy necessarily uses the added edge. A dominating vertex is one
adjacent to every other vertex.

Call a uniquely $K_r$-saturated graph sporadic here if it has no
dominating vertex. Cooper's finiteness question is whether, for
every fixed $r\ge3$, there are only finitely many isomorphism
classes of sporadic uniquely $K_r$-saturated graphs. Equivalently,
does there exist a bound $N(r)$ such that
\[
          |V(G)|\le N(r)
\]
for every such graph without a dominating vertex?

The bound may depend on $r$ but not on the graph. Requiring exactly
one newly formed clique is stronger than ordinary saturation,
which merely requires at least one. The absence of a dominating
vertex removes familiar infinite families and is part of the
question, not a cosmetic normalization. The restriction $r\ge3$
also matters: for $r=2$, edgeless graphs of arbitrary order already
make the analogous finiteness assertion false. Counting labeled
graphs rather than isomorphism types does not change finiteness
once their orders are bounded.
\subsection{Short English statement}
For each fixed r at least three, are there finitely many uniquely Kr-saturated graphs without a dominating vertex?
\subsection{Sources}
\begin{itemize}
\item[S1] ULAM.AI and the UnsolvedMath Contributors, supplied problems.json, record 3100025 (AMR-030-0025), AMR Open Problem Lists. Catalogue identity and source transcription; CC BY 4.0.
\url{https://huggingface.co/datasets/ulamai/UnsolvedMath}.
\item[S2] Cooper - Combinatorial Problems I Like (2020 snapshot), Graphs, Hypergraphs, Set Systems, Designs, source-order bullet 25. Original source indexed by AMR-030-0025.
\url{https://people.math.sc.edu/cooper/combprob.html}.
\item[S3] Electronic Journal of Combinatorics 25(4), paper35, uniquely saturated graphs and Cooper’s finiteness question.
\url{https://www.combinatorics.org/ojs/index.php/eljc/article/download/v25i4p35/pdf/}.
\end{itemize}
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- https://www.unsolvedmath.com/problems/AMR-030-0025

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

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Problem: TOP-3100025
Title:
Claim type: full solution | full disproof | partial result | conditional result | computational evidence | literature report | exploration
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