This note contains a survey of recent results concerning asymptotic properties of Markov operators and semigroups. Some biological and physical applications are given.

A mean ergodic theorem is proved for a compact operator on a Banach space without assuming mean-boundedness. Some related results are also presented.

Let T be a Markov operator on an L¹-space. We study conditions under which T is mean ergodic and satisfies dim Fix(T) < ∞. Among other things we prove that the sequence $\left(n^{-1}{\sum }_{k=0}^{n-1}{T}^k\right)ₙ$ converges strongly to a rank-one projection if and only if there exists a function 0 ≠ h ∈ L¹₊ which satisfies $li{m}_{n\to \infty }\left|\right|(h-n^{-1}{\sum }_{k=0}^{n-1}{T}^{k}f)₊\left|\right|=0$ for every density f. Analogous results for strongly continuous semigroups are given.

A semigroup $H$ in ${\mathbf{L}}_s\left(E\right)$, $E$ a Banach space, is called mean ergodic, if its closed convex hull in ${\mathbf{L}}_s\left(E\right)$ has a zero element. Compact groups, compact abelian semigroups or contractive semigroups on Hilbert spaces are mean ergodic.Banach lattices prove to be a natural frame for further mean ergodic theorems: let $H$ be a bounded semigroup of positive operators on a Banach lattice $E$ with order continuous norm. $H$ is mean ergodic if there is a $H$-subinvariant quasi-interior point of $E_{+}$ and a $H^{\text{'}}$-subinvariant strictly...

Let G be a second countable locally compact nilpotent group. It is shown that for every norm completely mixing (n.c.m.) random walk μ, αμ + (1-α)ν is n.c.m. for 0 < α ≤ 1, ν ∈ P(G). In particular, a generic stochastic convolution operator on G is n.c.m.

In this article some properties of Markovian mean ergodic operators are studied. As an application of the tools developed, and using the admissibility feature, a “reduction of order” technique for multiparameter admissible superadditive processes is obtained. This technique is later utilized to obtain a.e. convergence of averages $n^{-2}{\sum }_{i,j=0}^{n-1}{f}_{(i,j)}$ as well as their weighted version.

Net (X,ℱ,ν) be a σ-finite measure space. Associated with k Lamperti operators on $L^p\left(\nu \right)$, $T₁,...,T_k$, $n̅=(n₁,...,n_k)\in {\mathbb{N}}^k$ and $\alpha ̅=(\alpha ₁,...,{\alpha }_k)$ with $0<{\alpha }_j\le 1$, we define the ergodic Cesàro-α̅ averages ${}_{n̅,\alpha ̅}f=1/\left({\prod }_{j=1}^k{A}_{n_j}^{{\alpha }_j}\right){\sum }_{i_k=0}^{n_k}\cdots {\sum }_{i₁=0}^{n₁}{\prod }_{j=1}^k{A}_{n_j-i_j}^{{\alpha }_j-1}{T}_k^{i_k}\cdots T{₁}^{i₁}f$. For these averages we prove the almost everywhere convergence on X and the convergence in the $L^p\left(\nu \right)$ norm, when $n₁,...,n_k\to \infty$ independently, for all $f\in L^p\left(d\nu \right)$ with p > 1/α⁎ where $\alpha ⁎=mi{n}_{1\le j\le k}{\alpha }_j$. In the limit case p = 1/α⁎, we prove that the averages ${}_{n̅,\alpha ̅}f$ converge almost everywhere on X for all f in the Orlicz-Lorentz space $\Lambda (1/\alpha ⁎,{\phi }_{m-1})$ with $\phi ₘ\left(t\right)=t{(1+log⁺t)}^m$. To obtain the result in the limit case we need to study...

A continuous multiparameter version of Chacon's vector valued ergodic theorem is proved.

We show the existence of invariant measures for Markov-Feller operators defined on completely regular topological spaces which satisfy the classical positivity condition.