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Brooks's theorem for measurable colorings

Logic 2020-01-20 v2 Combinatorics Probability

Abstract

We generalize Brooks's theorem to show that if GG is a Borel graph on a standard Borel space XX of degree bounded by d3d \geq 3 which contains no (d+1)(d+1)-cliques, then GG admits a μ\mu-measurable dd-coloring with respect to any Borel probability measure μ\mu on XX, and a Baire measurable dd-coloring with respect to any compatible Polish topology on XX. The proof of this theorem uses a new technique for constructing one-ended spanning subforests of Borel graphs, as well as ideas from the study of list colorings. We apply the theorem to graphs arising from group actions to obtain factor of IID dd-colorings of Cayley graphs of degree dd, except in two exceptional cases.

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@article{arxiv.1601.03361,
  title  = {Brooks's theorem for measurable colorings},
  author = {Clinton T. Conley and Andrew S. Marks and Robin Tucker-Drob},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1601.03361},
  year   = {2020}
}

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