Borel Polychromatic Number of Grids

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Auteurs principaux: Berlow, Katalin, Hou, Edward
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author Berlow, Katalin
Hou, Edward
author_facet Berlow, Katalin
Hou, Edward
contents We study Borel polychromatic colorings of grid graphs arising from free Borel actions of $\mathbb{Z}^d$. A polychromatic coloring is one in which every unit $d$-dimensional cube sees all available colors. In the classical setting, every grid admits a $2^d$-polychromatic coloring, while in the Borel setting this fails. Our main result shows that every free $\mathbb{Z}^d$-action admits a Borel $(2^d-1)$-polychromatic coloring. This result is sharp: any action where the generators act ergodically does not admit a Borel $2^d$-polychromatic coloring. We conclude with open directions for extending the theory beyond cube tilings and for exploring the dependence of Borel polychromatic numbers on the underlying action.
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spellingShingle Borel Polychromatic Number of Grids
Berlow, Katalin
Hou, Edward
Logic
Combinatorics
03E15 (Primary), 05C15 (Secondary)
We study Borel polychromatic colorings of grid graphs arising from free Borel actions of $\mathbb{Z}^d$. A polychromatic coloring is one in which every unit $d$-dimensional cube sees all available colors. In the classical setting, every grid admits a $2^d$-polychromatic coloring, while in the Borel setting this fails. Our main result shows that every free $\mathbb{Z}^d$-action admits a Borel $(2^d-1)$-polychromatic coloring. This result is sharp: any action where the generators act ergodically does not admit a Borel $2^d$-polychromatic coloring. We conclude with open directions for extending the theory beyond cube tilings and for exploring the dependence of Borel polychromatic numbers on the underlying action.
title Borel Polychromatic Number of Grids
topic Logic
Combinatorics
03E15 (Primary), 05C15 (Secondary)
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.18559