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In an r-partite r-uniform hypergraph, the vertex cover number is at most (r-1) times the matching number.

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Statement

For every $r$-partite $r$-uniform hypergraph $H$, $\tau(H) \le (r-1)\,\nu(H)$ (Ryser). Open for all $r \ge 4$.

Assessment

Renown 3/5

Generalizes König's theorem; the r=3 case (Aharoni 2001) is celebrated, r>=4 fully open.

Attackability 2/5

Finite witness with ILP oracles; extremal examples from truncated projective planes seed the tight boundary; intense modern attention has produced tightness results but no counterexample direction.

finite witness
5/5
oracle cost
3/5
freshness
2/5
seedability
3/5

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