Convergence of iterates of a transfer operator, application to dynamical systems and to Markov chains
We present a spectral theory for a class of operators satisfying a weak “Doeblin–Fortet" condition and apply it to a class of transition operators. This gives the convergence of the series ∑k≥0krPkƒ, , under some regularity assumptions and implies the central limit theorem with a rate in for the corresponding Markov chain. An application to a non uniformly hyperbolic transformation on the interval is also given.