Bukh's algebraically independent distance-avoidance conjecture

Let AR>0A\subset\mathbb{R}_{>0} be algebraically independent, meaning that no nonzero polynomial with rational coefficients vanishes on any finite tuple of distinct elements of AA. A finite colouring of R2\mathbb{R}^2 is said to avoid AA if no monochromatic pair of points has distance contained in AA. Bukh's conjecture. There is a finite colouring of R2\mathbb{R}^2 containing no monochromatic pair of points whose distance is contained in AA. The measurable analogue is known to be impossible when AA 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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