Bukh's algebraically independent distance-avoidance conjecture
Bukh's algebraically independent distance-avoidance conjecture
Let be algebraically independent, meaning that no nonzero polynomial with rational coefficients vanishes on any finite tuple of distinct elements of . A finite colouring of is said to avoid if no monochromatic pair of points has distance contained in . Bukh's conjecture. There is a finite colouring of containing no monochromatic pair of points whose distance is contained in . The measurable analogue is known to be impossible when is unbounded, by the result of Furstenberg, Katznelson, and Weiss; whether measurability is necessary is open, including this algebraically independent case.
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James Davies, Rose McCarty and Michał Pilipczuk, “Prime and polynomial distances in colourings of the plane”, arXiv:2308.02483 (2024).
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