Individual ergodic theorems for infinite measure

First and higher order uniform dual ergodic theorems for dynamical systems with infinite measure

We generalize the proof of Karamata’s Theorem by the method of approximation by polynomials to the operator case. As a consequence, we offer a simple proof of uniform dual ergodicity for a very large class of dynamical systems with infinite measure, and we obtain bounds on the convergence rate. In many cases of interest, including the Pomeau-Manneville family of intermittency maps, the estimate...

Ergodic Theorems

Every one of the important strong limit theorems that we have seen thus far – the strong law of large numbers, the martingale convergence theorem, and the ergodic theorem – has relied in a crucial way on a maximal inequality. This is no accident: it can in fact be shown that a maximal inequality is a necessary condition for an almost everywhere convergence theorem. We will refrain from carrying...

Ergodic Theory of Markov Chains Admitting an Infinite Invariant Measure.

Ergodic and Spectral Analysis of Certain Infinite Measure Preserving Transformations

0. Introduction. Throughout this paper T will denote a measure preserving transformation on a cr-finite infinite measure space (X, (B, m) which is point isomorphic with the Lebesgue measure space of the real line. Unless otherwise stated, T will be one-one. Equations involving functions or sets will always be interpreted modulo sets of measure zero. T is said to be ergodic if T~1E = E, ££(B, im...

Ergodic Theorems in Demography

The ergodic theorems of demography describe the properties of a product of certain nonnegative matrices, in the limit as the number of matrix factors in the product becomes large. This paper reviews these theorems and, where possible, their empirical usefulness. The strong ergodic theorem of demography assumes fixed age-specific birth and death rates. An approach to a stable age structure and t...