Power weakly mixing infinite transformations (Q1292230)

A transformation \(T\) preserving some finite or infinite measure is \textit{weakly mixing} iff for every finite measure preserving ergodic transformation \(S\) the product \(T\times S\) is ergodic. \textit{S. Kakutani} and \textit{W. Parry} [Bull. Am. Math. Soc. 69, 752-756 (1963; Zbl 0126.31801)] observed that there exist infinite measure preserving transformations \(T\) for which the \(r\)-fold product \(T\times\cdots\times T\) is ergodic while the \(r+1\)-fold product is not, in which case \(r\) is called the \textit{ergodic index} of \(T\). They also gave examples with infinite ergodic index (i.e., \(T\times\cdots\times T\) is ergodic for every finite number of factors). In the present article the authors construct a rank one infinite measure preserving transformation \(T\) which has the even stronger property of being \textit{power weakly mixing} in the sense that for every finite set \(\{k_1,\dots,k_r\}\) of nonzero integers the product \(T^{k_1}\times\cdots\times T^{k_r}\) of the corresponding powers of \(T\) is ergodic.