Recently, T. Tao gave a finitary proof of a convergence theorem for multiple averages with several commuting transformations, and soon thereafter T. Austin gave an ergodic proof of the same result. Although we give here another proof of the same theorem, this is not the main goal of this paper. Our main concern is to provide tools for the case of several commuting transformations, similar to the tools successfully used in the case of a single transformation, with the idea that they may be used in...

The aim of this short note is to present in terse style the meaning and consequences of the "filling scheme" approach for a probability measure preserving transformation. A cohomological equation encapsulates the argument. We complete and simplify Woś' study (1986) of the reversibility of the ergodic limits when integrability is not assumed. We give short and unified proofs of well known results about the behaviour of ergodic averages, like Kesten's lemma (1975). The strikingly simple proof of the...

We construct a class of rank-one infinite measure-preserving transformations such that for each transformation T in the class, the cartesian product T × T is ergodic, but the product $T\times T^{-1}$ is not. We also prove that the product of any rank-one transformation with its inverse is conservative, while there are infinite measure-preserving conservative ergodic Markov shifts whose product with their inverse is not conservative.

Let $T_a$ be the tent map with slope a. Let c be its turning point, and ${\mu }_a$ the absolutely continuous invariant probability measure. For an arbitrary, bounded, almost everywhere continuous function g, it is shown that for almost every a, $ʃgd{\mu }_a=li{m}_{n\to \infty }\frac{1}{n}{\sum }_{i=0}^{n-1}g\left(T_a^i\left(c\right)\right)$. As a corollary, we deduce that the critical point of a quadratic map is generically not typical for its absolutely continuous invariant probability measure, if it exists.

 We study ergodic properties of the class of Gaussian automorphisms whose ergodic self-joinings remain Gaussian. For such automorphisms we describe the structure of their factors and of their centralizer. We show that Gaussian automorphisms with simple spectrum belong to this class.  We prove a new sufficient condition for non-disjointness of automorphisms giving rise to a better understanding of Furstenberg's problem relating disjointness to the lack of common factors. This...

We introduce the notion of a generalized interval exchange $${\phi }_{𝒜}$$ induced by a measurable k-partition $$𝒜=\left\{A_1,...,A_k\right\}$$ of [0,1). $${\phi }_{𝒜}$$ can be viewed as the corresponding restriction of a nondecreasing function $$f_{𝒜}$$ on ℝ with $$f_{𝒜}\left(0\right)=0,f_{𝒜}\left(k\right)=1$$ . A is called λ-dense if λ(A i∩(a, b))>0 for each i and any 0≤ a< b≤1. We show that the 2–3 Furstenberg conjecture is invalid if and only if there are 2 and 3 λ-dense partitions A and B of [0,1), such that $$f_{𝒜}\circ f_{ℬ}=f_{ℬ}\circ f_{𝒜}$$ . We give necessary and sufficient conditions for this equality to hold. We show that...

The symbolic dynamical system associated with the Morse sequence is strictly ergodic. We describe some topological and metrical properties of the Cartesian powers of this system, and some of its other self-joinings. Among other things, we show that non generic points appear in the fourth power of the system, but not in lower powers. We exhibit various examples and counterexamples related to the property of weak disjointness of measure preserving dynamical systems.

It is shown that in the group of invertible measurable nonsingular transformations on a Lebesgue probability space, endowed with the coarse topology, the transformations with infinite ergodic index are generic; they actually form a dense $G_{\delta }$ set. (A transformation has infinite ergodic index if all its finite Cartesian powers are ergodic.) This answers a question asked by C. Silva. A similar result was proved by U. Sachdeva in 1971, for the group of transformations preserving an infinite measure. Exploring...

We study a wide class of metrics in a Lebesgue space, namely the class of so-called admissible metrics. We consider the cone of admissible metrics, introduce a special norm in it, prove compactness criteria, define the ɛ-entropy of a measure space with an admissible metric, etc. These notions and related results are applied to the theory of transformations with invariant measure; namely, we study the asymptotic properties of orbits in the cone of admissible metrics with respect to a given transformation...

We discuss the geometric structures defined by Young in [9, 10], which are used to prove the existence of an ergodic absolutely continuous invariant probability measure and to study the decay of correlations in expanding or hyperbolic systems on large parts.

It is shown that the Hausdorff dimension of an invariant measure generated by a Poisson driven stochastic differential equation is greater than or equal to 1.

For any 1-1 measure preserving map T of a probability space we can form the [T,Id] and $[T,T^{-1}]$ automorphisms as well as the corresponding endomorphisms and decreasing sequence of σ-algebras. In this paper we show that if T has zero entropy and the [T,Id] automorphism is isomorphic to a Bernoulli shift then the decreasing sequence of σ-algebras generated by the [T,Id] endomorphism is standard. We also show that if T has zero entropy and the [T²,Id] automorphism is isomorphic to a Bernoulli shift then the...

We prove that Poisson measures are invariant under (random) intensity preserving transformations whose finite difference gradient satisfies a cyclic vanishing condition. The proof relies on moment identities of independent interest for adapted and anticipating Poisson stochastic integrals, and is inspired by the method of Üstünel and Zakai (Probab. Theory Related Fields103 (1995) 409–429) on the Wiener space, although the corresponding algebra is more complex than in the Wiener case. The examples...

A control system is said to be finite if the Lie algebra generated by its vector fields is finite dimensional. Sufficient conditions for such a system on a compact manifold to be controllable are stated in terms of its Lie algebra. The proofs make use of the equivalence theorem of [Ph. Jouan, ESAIM: COCV 16 (2010) 956–973]. and of the existence of an invariant measure on certain compact homogeneous spaces.

A control system is said to be finite if the Lie algebra generated by its vector fields is finite dimensional. Sufficient conditions for such a system on a compact manifold to be controllable are stated in terms of its Lie algebra. The proofs make use of the equivalence theorem of [Ph. Jouan, ESAIM: COCV 16 (2010) 956–973]. and of the existence of an invariant measure on certain compact homogeneous spaces.

A control system is said to be finite if the Lie algebra generated by its vector fields is finite dimensional. Sufficient conditions for such a system on a compact manifold to be controllable are stated in terms of its Lie algebra. The proofs make use of the equivalence theorem of [Ph. Jouan, ESAIM: COCV 16 (2010) 956–973]. and of the existence of an invariant measure on certain compact homogeneous spaces.