The \(q\)-variation of functions and spectral integration from dominated ergodic estimates (Q1882373)

For \(1\leq q<\infty\), let \({\mathfrak M}_q(\mathbb T)\) (respectively, \({\mathfrak M}_q(\mathbb R)\)) denote the Banach algebra consisting of the bounded complex-valued functions having uniformly bounded \(q\)-variation on the dyadic arcs of the unit circle (respectively, on the dyadic intervals of the real line). Suppose that \((\Omega, \mu)\) is a \(\sigma\)-finite measure space, \(1< p< \infty\), and \(T: L^p(\mu)\mapsto L^p(\mu)\) is a bounded, invertible, separation-preserving linear operator such that the two-sided ergodic means of the linear modulus of \(T\) are uniformly bounded in norm. The authors show that there is a real number \(q_0>1\) such that whenever \(1\leq q<q_0\), \(T\) has a norm-continuous functional calculus associated with \({\mathfrak M}_q(\mathbb T)\). Their approach is rooted in a dominated ergodic theorem of Martín-Reyes and de la Torre which assigns to \(T\) a canonical family of bilateral \(A_p\) weight sequences. The authors establish the relevant multiplier properties of \({\mathfrak M}_q(\mathbb R)\) classes in weighted settings, transfer the outcome to \({\mathfrak M}_q(\mathbb T)\), and then apply the consequent \({\mathfrak M}_q(\mathbb T)\) multiplier theorem for weighted settings to the spectral decomposition of \(T\). The desired \({\mathfrak M}_q(\mathbb T)\)-functional calculus for \(T\) then results from an extension criterion for spectral integration obtained in the general Banach space setting. The multiplier result for \({\mathfrak M}_q(\mathbb T)\) shown at the outset of this process expands the scope of the weighted Marcinkiewicz multiplier theorem from \(q=1\) to appropriate values of \(q>1\).