Axiom of choice and chromatic number of \(R^n\) (Q1775552)

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    Axiom of choice and chromatic number of \(R^n\)
    scientific article; zbMATH DE number 2164803

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      Axiom of choice and chromatic number of \(R^n\) (English)
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      4 May 2005
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      The chromatic number of the following graph is considered. The vertices are the points of the Euclidean space \({\mathbb R}^n\), the points \({\mathbf x}\) and \({\mathbf y}\) are joined if \({\mathbf x}-{\mathbf y}-\sqrt{2}{\mathbf e}_i\in {\mathbb Q}^n\) holds for some \(1\leq i\leq n\) (here \({\mathbf e}_1,\dots,{\mathbf e}_n\) is the standard basis). Assuming AC, the axiom of choice, the chromatic number is 2, it is, however, uncountable if \(\text{ AC}_{\aleph_0}\) holds and every set of reals is measurable.
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      chromatic number
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      axiom of choice
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      combinatorial geometry
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      discrete geometry
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      Euclidean space
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