Every CBER is smooth below the Carlson–Simpson generic partition

Abstract

Let $E$ be a countable Borel equivalence relation on the space $\mathcal{E}_{\infty}$ of all infinite partitions of the natural numbers. We show that $E$ coincides with equality below a Carlson-Simpson generic element of $\mathcal{E}_{\infty}$. In contrast, we show that there is a hypersmooth equivalence relation on $\mathcal{E}_{\infty}$ which is Borel bireducible with $E_1$ on every Carlson-Simpson cube. Our arguments are classical and require no background in forcing.