The 1-2-3 Conjecture for Borel Combinatorics

The 1-2-3 Conjecture asserts that every finite graph without isolated edges admits edge weights from $\{1,2,3\}$ such that the sum function forms a vertex coloring. We study its Borel analogue for locally finite Borel graphs without isolated edges, proving that five weights suffice in general and four suffice for regular graphs. We obtain three weights for acyclic graphs admitting a Borel selection of a nonempty finite set of ends from each component. We also obtain $μ$-measurable and Baire measurable vertex-coloring $3$-edge weightings from $3$-colorings of the same definability, under probability measure-preserving and Baire quasi-invariance conditions, respectively.

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arXiv (Cornell University)
Published
2026-11-02
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https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2611.03320
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Advanced Topology and Set Theory
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The 1-2-3 Conjecture for Borel Combinatorics

Junhao Chen, Wei Dai
arXiv (Cornell University)
Advanced Topology and Set Theory
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The 1-2-3 Conjecture for Borel Combinatorics

Junhao Chen, Wei Dai
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Abstract

The 1-2-3 Conjecture asserts that every finite graph without isolated edges admits edge weights from $\{1,2,3\}$ such that the sum function forms a vertex coloring. We study its Borel analogue for locally finite Borel graphs without isolated edges, proving that five weights suffice in general and four suffice for regular graphs. We obtain three weights for acyclic graphs admitting a Borel selection of a nonempty finite set of ends from each component. We also obtain $μ$-measurable and Baire measurable vertex-coloring $3$-edge weightings from $3$-colorings of the same definability, under probability measure-preserving and Baire quasi-invariance conditions, respectively.

arXiv (Cornell University)
Advanced Topology and Set Theory
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