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Ergodic Theory and Harmonic Analysis
Proceedings of the 1993 Alexandria Conference
Tutorial survey papers on important areas of ergodic theory, with related research papers.
Karl E. Petersen (Edited by), Ibrahim Salama (Edited by)
9780521459990, Cambridge University Press
Paperback, published 27 January 1995
448 pages
22.8 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm, 0.609 kg
Ergodic theory is a field that is stimulating on its own, and also in its interactions with other branches of mathematics and science. In recent years, the interchanges with harmonic analysis have been especially noticeable and productive. This book contains survey papers describing the relationship of ergodic theory with convergence, rigidity theory and the theory of joinings. These papers present the background of each area of interaction, the most outstanding results and promising lines of research. They should form perfect starting points for anyone beginning research in one of these areas. Thirteen related research papers describe the work; several treat questions arising from the Furstenberg multiple recurrence theory, while the remainder deal with convergence and a variety of other topics in dynamics.
Preface
Part I. Survey Articles: 1. Pointwise ergodic theorems via harmonic analysis Joseph M. Rosenblatt and Máté Wierdl
2. Harmonic analysis in rigidity theory R. J. Spatzier
3. Some properties and applications of joinings in ergodic theory J.-P. Thouvenot
Part II. Research Papers: 4. Ergodic baker's transformations C. J. Bose and P. Grezegorczyk
5. Almost sure convergence of projections to self-adjoint operators in L2(0,1) Lech Ciach, Ryszard Jajte and Adam Paskievicz
6. Quasi-uniform limits of uniformly recurrent points Tomasz Downarowicz
7. Strictly nonpointwise Markov operators and weak mixing Tomasz Downarowicz
8. Two techniques in multiple recurrence A. H. Forrest
9. For Bernoulli transformations the smallest natural family of factors consists of all factors Eli Glasner
10. Topological entropy of extensions Eli Glasner and Benjamin Weiss
11. Functional equations associated with the spectral properties of compact group extensions Geoffrey Goodson
12. Multiple recurrence for nilpotent groups of affine transformations of the 2-torus Daniel A. Hendrick
13. A remark on isometric extensions in relatively independent joinings Emmanuel Lesigne
14. Three results in recurrence Randall McCutcheon
15. Calculation of the limit in the return times theorem for Dunford-Schwartz operators James H. Olsen
16. Eigenfunctions of T x S and the Conze-Lesigne algebra Daniel J. Rudolph
Conference program
List of participants.
Subject Areas: Functional analysis & transforms [PBKF]