Box-Delaunay graphs of large chromatic number

Abstract

For every $n$, we construct a 2-dimensional $n$-element poset whose Hasse diagram has independence number $n\exp(-Ω(\sqrt{\log n}))$, and consequently, chromatic number $\exp(Ω(\sqrt{\log n}))$. This also yields an $n$-point planar set whose box-Delaunay graph satisfies the same bounds.