Let $T=T\left(u\right):u\in {ℝ}_d^{+}$ be a strongly continuous d-dimensional semigroup of linear contractions on $L_1((\Omega ,\Sigma ,\mu );X)$, where (Ω,Σ,μ) is a σ-finite measure space and X is a reflexive Banach space. Since $L_1((\Omega ,\Sigma ,\mu );X)*=L_{\infty }((\Omega ,\Sigma ,\mu );X*)$, the adjoint semigroup $T*=T*\left(u\right):u\in {ℝ}_d^{+}$ becomes a weak*-continuous semigroup of linear contractions acting on $L_{\infty }((\Omega ,\Sigma ,\mu );X*)$. In this paper the local ergodic theorem is studied for the adjoint semigroup T*. Assuming that each T(u), $u\in {ℝ}_d^{+}$, has a contraction majorant P(u) defined on $L_1((\Omega ,\Sigma ,\mu );ℝ)$, that is, P(u) is a positive linear contraction on $L_1((\Omega ,\Sigma ,\mu );ℝ)$ such that $\Vert T\left(u\right)f\left(\omega \right)\Vert \le P\left(u\right)\Vert f\left(·\right)\Vert \left(\omega \right)$ almost everywhere...

It is proved that a doubly stochastic operator P is weakly asymptotically cyclic if it almost overlaps supports. If moreover P is Frobenius-Perron or Harris then it is strongly asymptotically cyclic.

Let G be a locally compact Polish group with an invariant metric. We provide sufficient and necessary conditions for the existence of a compact set A ⊆ G and a sequence $g_n\in G$ such that ${\mu }^{\ast n}\left(g_{n}A\right)\equiv 1$ for all n. It is noticed that such measures μ form a meager subset of all probabilities on G in the weak measure topology. If for some k the convolution power ${\mu }^{\ast k}$ has nontrivial absolutely continuous component then a similar characterization is obtained for any locally compact, σ-compact, unimodular, Hausdorff topological...

Recent results of M. Junge and Q. Xu on the ergodic properties of the averages of kernels in noncommutative $L^p$-spaces are applied to the analysis of almost uniform convergence of operators induced by convolutions on compact quantum groups.

We prove results on ergodicity, i.e. on the property that the space is a direct sum of the kernel of an operator and the closure of its range, for closed linear operators A such that ${\left|\right|\alpha (\alpha -A)}^{-1}\left|\right|$ is uniformly bounded for all α > 0. We consider operators on Banach spaces which have the property that the space is complemented in its second dual space by a projection P. Results on ergodicity are obtained under a norm condition ||I - 2P|| ||I - Q|| < 2 where Q is a projection depending on the operator A....

We use a non-commutative generalization of the Banach Principle to show that the classical individual ergodic theorem for subsequences generated by means of uniform sequences can be extended to the von Neumann algebra setting.

 Let $F_i=1,...,N$ be affine mappings of ${ℝ}^n$. It is well known that if there exists j ≤ 1 such that for every ${\sigma }_1,...,{\sigma }_j\in 1,...,N$ the composition (1) $F_{\sigma 1}\circ ...\circ F_{{\sigma }_j}$ is a contraction, then for any infinite sequence ${\sigma }_1,{\sigma }_2,...\in 1,...,N$ and any $z\in {ℝ}^n$, the sequence (2)$F_{\sigma 1}\circ ...\circ F_{{\sigma }_n}\left(z\right)$ is convergent and the limit is independent of z. We prove the following converse result: If (2) is convergent for any $z\in {ℝ}^n$ and any $\sigma ={\sigma }_1,{\sigma }_2,...$ belonging to some subshift Σ of N symbols (and the limit is independent of z), then there exists j ≥ 1 such that for every $\sigma ={\sigma }_1,{\sigma }_2,...\in \Sigma$ the composition (1) is a contraction. This result...

In the paper we study the existence of nonzero positive invariant elements for positive operators in Riesz spaces. The class of Riesz spaces for which the results are valid is large enough to contain all the Banach lattices with order continuous norms. All the results obtained in earlier works deal with positive operators in KB-spaces and in many of them the approach is based upon the use of Banach limits. The methods created for KB-spaces cannot be extended to our more general setting; that is...

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.