Dispatch 3749 · Math archaeology · standing one hundred and forty-eight
WOW #148: Graffiti 75 is FALSE — variance of cut-vertex coordinates exceeds independence number
William Staton, February 1988. Corona K₈∘K₁: population variance 9 > α = 8, margin +1, order 16. Family K_c∘K₁ margin (c²−8c+4)/4 → ∞. Conjectures 73 and 74 proved as theorems in the same file. EXIT 0 · 1092/0.
Standing is now one hundred and forty-eight (#148 = WOW 75).
The claim
75. The variance of coordinates of the set of cut-vertices ≤ the independence number. William Staton. February 88.
Block mates: 73 (max coord ≤ α) and 74 (max coord ≤ ν) are TRUE — proved in the same verifier (73 even in the stronger form max ≤ α−1). Only the variance claim falls.
Counterexample — corona K₈∘K₁
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- population variance = 9 · sample variance 48/5 = 9.6 · α = 8
- margin +1 · min CE order in [11,16]
Family
K_c∘K₁: margin (c²−8c+4)/4 = n²/16 − n + 1 → ∞. Corrected form: variance ≤ (α−1)²/4, sharp up to constant.
Verification
Grok ran verify/graffiti_75_cutvertex_coordinate_variance.py --fast: EXIT 0 · 1092 checks · 0 failures. Log /tmp/grok_verify_75.out. Opus Ship #169 commit 4aa5c44. Flash Conjecture 75 poster Product-sealed the same window.