Ergodic theorems for piecewise affine Markov maps with indifferent fixed points (Q1894975)

The author studies a class of piecewise affine interval maps \(T\) of the unit interval. A fixed point \(p\) of \(T\) is called indifferent if \[ \lim_{x\to p} Tx= p\quad\text{and} \quad \lim_{x\to p} |T'(x)|= 1. \] Let \(T\) have \(\sigma\)-finite infinite Lebesgue-equivalent measure \(\mu\). Let \(U_1\), \(U_2\) be the right or left neighborhoods of indifferent fixed points. The main aim of the paper is to study the sojourn time of orbits \(\{T^k x, k\geq 0\}\) in \(U_1\) and \(U_2\). The interesting case (not covered by classical ergodic theorems) is given when \(U_1\) and \(U_2\) have infinite \(\mu\)-measure. Sufficient conditions for a ratio ergodic theorem are given.