Feige–Pauzner conjecture for enabling graphs

Let GG be a graph on nn vertices, and let k(n)k(n) be the maximum integer kk such that every vertex of GG is contained in both a clique of size kk and an independent set of size kk.

Feige–Pauzner conjecture. For all n>0n>0,

k(n)=n4+1.k(n)=\left\lfloor\frac{n}{4}\right\rfloor+1.

This conjecture gives the exact value of the largest common clique and independent-set size that can be locally guaranteed in an nn-vertex graph. The paper states that it proves this conjecture, so its status is solved.

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Veronica Bitonti, Emma Hogan and Tommy Walker Mackay, “Sharp bounds for covering with large cliques and independent sets”, arXiv:2604.20962 (2026).

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