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Let $M_g^{+}$ be the maximal operator defined by $M_g^{+}⨍\left(x\right)=su{p}_{h>0}({ʃ}_x^{x+h}\left|⨍\right|g)/\left({ʃ}_x^{x+h}g\right)$, where g is a positive locally integrable function on ℝ. Let Φ be an N-function such that both Φ and its complementary N-function satisfy ${\Delta }_2$. We characterize the pairs of positive functions (u,ω) such that the weak type inequality $u\left(x\in ℝ|M_g^{+}⨍\left(x\right)>\lambda \right)\le C/\left(\Phi \left(\lambda \right)\right){ʃ}_{ℝ}\Phi \left(\right|⨍\left|\right)\omega$ holds for every ⨍ in the Orlicz space $L_{\Phi }\left(\omega \right)$. We also characterize the positive functions ω such that the integral inequality ${ʃ}_{ℝ}\Phi \left(\right|M_g^{+}⨍\left|\right)\omega \le {ʃ}_{ℝ}\Phi \left(\right|⨍\left|\right)\omega$ holds for every $⨍\in L_{\Phi }\left(\omega \right)$. Our results include some already obtained for functions in $L^p$ and yield as consequences...

Let (X, F, μ) be a finite measure space. Let T: X → X be a measure preserving transformation and let Af denote the average of Tf, k = 0, ..., n. Given a real positive function v on X, we prove that {Af} converges in the a.e. sense for every f in L(v dμ) if and only if inf v(Tx) > 0 a.e., and the same condition is equivalent to the finiteness of a related ergodic power function Pf for every f in L(v dμ). We apply this result to characterize, being T null-preserving, the finite measures ν for...