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Stream: mathlib4

Topic: Walk.IsChordless live in mathlib?


tianyi zhao (Feb 23 2026 at 11:23):

Hi all, I’m preparing a PR adding two definitions for simple graph walks:

def Walk.IsChord (p : G.Walk u u) (v w : V) : Prop :=
  v  p.support  w  p.support  G.Adj v w  s(v, w)  p.edges

def Walk.IsChordless (p : G.Walk u u) : Prop :=
  p.IsCycle 
     v w : V⦄, v  p.support  w  p.support  G.Adj v w  s(v, w)  p.edges

I’m unsure about file placement:
1) Mathlib/Combinatorics/SimpleGraph/Paths.lean
2) a new file (e.g. ...)

Given current mathlib organization, where would you prefer these definitions to live?
If placement is agreed, I’ll open a draft PR with only these defs + minimal lemmas.

Floris van Doorn (Feb 23 2026 at 11:44):

I haven't worked much on graph theory, so maybe wait until someone more experienced chimes in (cc @Kyle Miller), but I think it makes sense to create a new file Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.Walks.Chords or similar.

Floris van Doorn (Feb 23 2026 at 11:45):

(I'm surprised that Paths.lean is not in the Walks subfolder)

tianyi zhao (Feb 23 2026 at 13:07):

Alright, thank you for your reply and for the very reasonable suggestion. I’ll wait for input from more experienced contributors, since I’ve never submitted a PR to mathlib before and I want to avoid harming mathlib’s high-quality files and code structure.


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