Deducing the multidimensional Szemerédi theorem from an infinitary removal lemma (Q628350): Difference between revisions

The author gives a new ergodic-theoretic proof of the multi-dimensional multiple recurrence theorem of \textit{H. Furstenberg} and \textit{Y. Katznelson}, [J. Anal. Math. 34, 275--291 (1978; Zbl 0426.28014)], which by Furstenberg's correspondence principle also implies the multidimensional Szemeredi theorem. More precisely, the main result of the paper under review is the following: Let \(T_1, \dots, T_d:~\mathbb{Z} \curvearrowright (X,\Sigma,\mu)\) denote commuting, probability-preserving actions, and assume that \(\mu(A)>0\) for some \(A \in \Sigma\). Then \[ \liminf_{N \to \infty} \frac{1}{N} \sum_{n=1}^N \mu \left( T_1^{-n}(A) \cap \dots \cap T_d^{-n}(A) \right) > 0. \] For the proof the author combines his method of ``pleasant'' and ``isotropized'' extensions from one of his earlier publications [see \textit{T. Austin}, Ergodic Theory Dyn. Syst. 30, No. 2, 321--338 (2010; Zbl 1206.37003)] and \textit{T. Tao}'s infinitary hypergraph removal method [J. Anal. Math. 103, 1--45 (2007; Zbl 1146.05038)] in a deliberate and interesting way.