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.
References
Primary source
James Davies, Rose McCarty and Michał Pilipczuk, “Prime and polynomial distances in colourings of the plane”, arXiv:2308.02483 (2024).
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