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Oscillation stability by the Carlson-Simpson theorem

Metric Geometry 2025-01-31 v1 Combinatorics Logic

Abstract

We prove oscillation stability for the Banach space \ell_\infty: every weak-* Borel, uniformily continuous map from the unit sphere of this space to a compact metric space can be made arbitrarily close to a constant map when restricted to the unit sphere of a suitable linear isometric subcopy of \ell_\infty. We also give a new proof of oscillation stability for the Urysohn sphere (a result by Nguyen Van Th\'e--Sauer): every uniformily continuous map from the Urysohn sphere to a compact metric space can be made arbitrarily close to a constant map when restricted to a suitable isometric subcopy of the Urysohn sphere. Both proofs are based on Carlson-Simpson's dual Ramsey theorem.

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@article{arxiv.2501.18552,
  title  = {Oscillation stability by the Carlson-Simpson theorem},
  author = {Tristan Bice and Noé de Rancourt and Jan Hubička and Matěj Konečný},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2501.18552},
  year   = {2025}
}

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14 pages

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