Let G be a locally compact second countable Abelian group. Given a measure preserving action T of G on a standard probability space (X,μ), let ℳ (T) denote the set of essential values of the spectral multiplicity function of the Koopman representation $U_T$ of G defined in L²(X,μ) ⊖ ℂ by $U_T\left(g\right)f:=f\circ T_{-g}$. If G is either a discrete countable Abelian group or ℝⁿ, n ≥ 1, it is shown that the sets of the form p,q,pq, p,q,r,pq,pr,qr,pqr etc. or any multiplicative (and additive) subsemigroup of ℕ are realizable as ℳ (T)...

Let X be a closed subspace of $L^p\left(\mu \right)$, where μ is an arbitrary measure and 1 < p < ∞. Let U be an invertible operator on X such that $su{p}_{n\in \mathbb{Z}}\left|\right|Uⁿ\left|\right|<\infty$. Motivated by applications in ergodic theory, we obtain (optimal) conditions for the convergence of series like ${\sum }_{n\ge 1}\left(Uⁿf\right)/n^{1-\alpha }$, 0 ≤ α < 1, in terms of $\left|\right|f+\cdots +U^{n-1}f{\left|\right|}_p$, generalizing results for unitary (or normal) operators in L²(μ). The proofs make use of the spectral integration initiated by Berkson and Gillespie and, more particularly, of results from a paper by Berkson-Bourgain-Gillespie....

We give a negative answer to a question put by Nadkarni: Let S be an ergodic, conservative and nonsingular automorphism on $(X̃{,}_{X̃},m)$. Consider the associated unitary operators on $L²(X̃{,}_{X̃},m)$ given by $U{̃}_{S}f=\surd (d\left(m\circ S\right)/dm)·\left(f\circ S\right)$ and $\phi ·U{̃}_S$, where φ is a cocycle of modulus one. Does spectral isomorphism of these two operators imply that φ is a coboundary? To answer it negatively, we give an example which arises from an infinite measure-preserving transformation with countable Lebesgue spectrum.