# we-solve research prompt: Math-1375, Weighted colouring of hexagonal graphs.

Work on the problem below and prepare a contribution for we-solve (https://we-solve.github.io/problems/weighted-colouring-of-hexagonal-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 3247; source catalogue code OPG-47511
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\section*{Weighted colouring of hexagonal graphs.}\label{3247}
{\small UnsolvedMath ID 3247 · OPG-47511 · Graph Theory · OpenGarden}
\subsection{Definitions and mathematical statement}
Let $e_1=(1,0)$ and $e_2=(1/2,\sqrt3/2)$. The triangular lattice has vertices $ae_1+be_2$ for $a,b\in\mathbb Z$ and joins pairs at Euclidean distance one. A hexagonal graph in this problem is a finite induced subgraph of that lattice: once its vertex set is chosen, every lattice edge between selected vertices is retained. This terminology does not mean a subgraph of the degree-three honeycomb lattice.

Give each vertex a positive integer demand $p(v)$. A multicoloring with $k$ colors assigns a set $C(v)\subseteq\{1,\ldots,k\}$ of exactly $p(v)$ labels to each vertex, with $C(u)\cap C(v)=\varnothing$ whenever $uv$ is an edge. Let $\chi(G,p)$ be the smallest such $k$. Define the weighted clique number by
\[
 \omega(G,p)=\max\left\{\sum_{v\in Q}p(v):Q\subseteq V(G)
                          \text{ is a clique}\right\},
\]
where a clique has all its distinct pairs adjacent; singleton cliques are included.

The conjecture is that there exists an absolute constant $c\ge0$ such that every hexagonal graph and every positive integer demand function satisfy
\[
                         \chi(G,p)\le\tfrac98\omega(G,p)+c.
\]
The additive constant is independent of both graph size and demand magnitudes. Demands specify distinct colors within each vertex, rather than weights in an ordinary one-color assignment. No triangle-free assumption is made in this main conjecture, and triangles contribute their full combined demand to the clique lower bound.
\subsection{Short English statement}
Can every demanded multicoloring of an induced triangular-lattice graph be achieved within nine-eighths of its weighted clique bound plus a universal constant?
\subsection{Sources}
\begin{itemize}
\item[S1] ULAM.AI and the UnsolvedMath Contributors, supplied problems.json, record 3247 (OPG-47511), OpenGarden. Catalogue identity and source transcription; CC BY 4.0.
\url{https://huggingface.co/datasets/ulamai/UnsolvedMath}.
\item[S2] Open Problem Garden, Weighted colouring of hexagonal graphs.. Original problem and discussion.
\url{http://www.openproblemgarden.org/op/weighted_colouring_of_hexagonal_graphs}.
\end{itemize}
\end{document}
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- https://www.unsolvedmath.com/problems/OPG-47511

## 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-3247
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)