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Borel distinguishing number

Logic 2025-09-17 v3

Abstract

In this paper, we study definable variants of the notion of the distinguishing number of a graph in descriptive set theoretic setting. We introduce the notion of the Borel distinguishing number of a Borel graph and provide examples that separate distinguishing number and Borel distinguishing number at various levels. More specifically, we prove that there exist Borel graphs with countable distinguishing number but uncountable Borel distinguishing number and that, for every integer n3n \geq 3, there exists a Borel graph with distinguishing number 22 whose Borel distinguishing number is finite and at least nn.

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@article{arxiv.2508.08201,
  title  = {Borel distinguishing number},
  author = {Onur Bilge and Burak Kaya},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2508.08201},
  year   = {2025}
}
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