We give a counterexample showing that $\overline{(I-T*)L_{\infty }}\cap L_{\infty }^{+}=0$ does not imply the existence of a strictly positive function u in $L_1$ with Tu = u, where T is a power bounded positive linear operator on $L_1$ of a σ-finite measure space. This settles a conjecture by Brunel, Horowitz, and Lin.

Let (X,d) be a metric space where all closed balls are compact, with a fixed σ-finite Borel measure μ. Assume further that X is endowed with a linear order ⪯. Given a Markov (regular) operator P: L¹(μ) → L¹(μ) we discuss the asymptotic behaviour of the iterates Pⁿ. The paper deals with operators P which are Feller and such that the μ-absolutely continuous parts of the transition probabilities ${P(x,·)}_{x\in X}$ are continuous with respect to x. Under some concentration assumptions on the asymptotic transition probabilities...

The paper introduces a notion of quasi-compact operator net on a Banach space. It is proved that quasi-compactness of a uniform Lotz-Räbiger net ${\left(T_{\lambda }\right)}_{\lambda }$ is equivalent to quasi-compactness of some operator $T_{\lambda }$. We prove that strong convergence of a quasi-compact uniform Lotz-Räbiger net implies uniform convergence to a finite-rank projection. Precompactness of operator nets is also investigated.

Let T be an endomorphism of a probability measure space (Ω,𝓐,μ), and f be a real-valued measurable function on Ω. We consider the cohomology equation f = h ∘ T - h. Conditions for the existence of real-valued measurable solutions h in some function spaces are deduced. The results obtained generalize and improve a recent result of Alonso, Hong and Obaya.

Two problems posed by Choquet and Foias are solved:(i) Let $T$ be a positive linear operator on the space $C\left(X\right)$ of continuous real-valued functions on a compact Hausdorff space $X$. It is shown that if $n^{-1}{\sum }_{r=0}^{n-1}{T}^{r}1$ converges pointwise to a continuous limit, then the convergence is uniform on $X$.(ii) An example is given of a Choquet simplex $K$ and a positive linear operator $T$ on the space $A\left(K\right)$ of continuous affine real-valued functions on $K$, such that$$\inf \left\{\right(T^{n}1\left)\right(x):n\ge \}\<1$$for each $x$ in ${\partial }_{\ell }K$, but $\parallel T^{n}1\parallel$ does not converge to 0.

We extend the notion of Dobrushin coefficient of ergodicity to positive contractions defined on the L¹-space associated with a finite von Neumann algebra, and in terms of this coefficient we prove stability results for L¹-contractions.

For a given linear operator T in a complex Banach space X and α ∈ ℂ with ℜ (α) > 0, we define the nth Cesàro mean of order α of the powers of T by $M{ₙ}^{\alpha }={\left(A{ₙ}^{\alpha }\right)}^{-1}{\sum }_{k=0}^n{A}_{n-k}^{\alpha -1}{T}^k$. For α = 1, we find $Mₙ¹={(n+1)}^{-1}{\sum }_{k=0}^n{T}^k$, the usual Cesàro mean. We give necessary and sufficient conditions for a (C,α) bounded operator to be (C,α) strongly (weakly) ergodic.

We improve a recent result of T. Yoshimoto about the uniform ergodic theorem with Cesàro means of order α. We give a necessary and sufficient condition for the (C,α) uniform ergodicity with α > 0.

Let A denote a complex unital Banach algebra. We characterize properties such as boundedness, relative compactness, and convergence of the sequence ${x^n(x-1)}_{n\in \mathbb{N}}$ for an arbitrary x ∈ A, using σ(x) and resolvent conditions. Under these circumstances, we investigate elements in the peripheral spectrum, and give further conclusions, also involving the behaviour of ${x^n}_{n\in \mathbb{N}}$ and ${1/n{\sum }_{k=0}^{n-1}{x}^k}_{n\in \mathbb{N}}$.