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Metrically Ramsey ultrafilters

General Topology 2017-04-27 v1 Combinatorics

Abstract

Given a metric space (X,d)(X,d), we say that a mapping χ:[X]2{0.1}\chi: [X]^{2}\longrightarrow\{0.1\} is an isometric coloring if d(x,y)=d(z,t)d(x,y)=d(z,t) implies χ({x,y})=χ({z,t})\chi(\{x,y\})=\chi(\{z,t\}). A free ultrafilter U\mathcal{U} on an infinite metric space (X,d)(X,d) is called metrically Ramsey if, for every isometric coloring χ\chi of [X]2[X]^{2}, there is a member UUU\in\mathcal{U} such that the set [U]2[U]^{2} is χ\chi-monochrome. We prove that each infinite ultrametric space (X,d)(X,d) has a countable subset YY such that each free ultrafilter U\mathcal{U} on XX satisfying YUY\in\mathcal{U} is metrically Ramsey. On the other hand, it is an open question whether every metrically Ramsey ultrafilter on the natural numbers N\mathbb{N} with the metric xy|x-y| is a Ramsey ultrafilter. We prove that every metrically Ramsey ultrafilter U\mathcal{U} on N\mathbb{N} has a member with no arithmetic progression of length 2, and if U\mathcal{U} has a thin member then there is a mapping f:Nωf:\mathbb{N}\longrightarrow\omega such that f(U)f(\mathcal{U}) is a Ramsey ultrafilter.

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@article{arxiv.1704.07824,
  title  = {Metrically Ramsey ultrafilters},
  author = {Igor Protasov and Ksenia Protasova},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1704.07824},
  year   = {2017}
}

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14 pages

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