Erdős Problem #944 — A critical vertex, edge, or set of edges, is one whose deletion lowers the chromatic number.

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A critical vertex, edge, or set of edges, is one whose deletion lowers the chromatic number. Let k≥4k\geq 4 and r≥1r\geq 1. Must there exist a graph GG with chromatic number kk such that every vertex is critical, yet every critical set of edges has size >r>r?

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