Big Ramsey degrees in the metric setting

Abstract

\emph{Oscillation stability} is an important concept in Banach space theory which happens to be closely connected to discrete Ramsey theory. For example, Gowers proved oscillation stability for the Banach space $c_0$ using his now famous Ramsey theorem for $\mathrm{FIN}_k$ as the key ingredient. We develop the theory behind this connection and introduce the notion of compact big Ramsey degrees, extending the theory of (discrete) big Ramsey degrees. We prove existence of compact big Ramsey degrees for the Banach space $\ell_\infty$ and the Urysohn sphere, with an explicit characterization in the case of $\ell_\infty$.