The maximum pointwise rate of convergence in Birkhoff's ergodic theorem (Q2027321): Difference between revisions

The pointwise rates of convergence in the Birkhoff ergodic theorem in the case of an ergodic endomorphism can be arbitrarily slow. On the other hand, they cannot be arbitrarily fast. A rate of convergence faster than \(A_n =O(1/n)\) as \(n\to \infty \) on a set of positive measure is impossible. Let \(T\) be an endomorphism of the probability measure space. A criterion for the existence of the maximum possible rate for a given pair \((f, T)\) is due to \textit{A. G. Kachurovskii} and \textit{I. V. Podvigin} [Math. Notes 106, No. 1, 52--62 (2019; Zbl 1427.37004); translation from Mat. Zametki 106, No. 1, 40--52 (2019)]. The main goal of the present paper is to transfer these results from discrete time (i.e., the case of an endomorphism) to continuous time (i.e., the case of a semiflow). This is accomplished in Theorem 2 and its corollary on the maximum rate of convergence.