Correlation decay for Markov maps on a countable state space (Q2709595)

Let \((b_{ij})_{i,j=0}^\infty\) be an infinite matrix with elements equal to 0 or 1, \(\Sigma\) be the set of all sequences \(x=(x_0,x_1,\ldots)\) of natural numbers, such that \(b_{x_i,x_{i+1}}=1\) for all \(i\). On \(\Sigma\) the shift \(\sigma (x_0,x_1,\ldots)=(x_1,x_2,\ldots)\) is considered. For a given function \(\Phi\) on \(\Sigma\), the author considers the operator \((L_\Phi f)(x)=\sum_{\sigma y=x}e^{\Phi (y)}f(y)\) on the space of bounded uniformly locally Lipschitz functions on \(\Sigma\) (with respect to a natural metric on \(\Sigma\)). The assumptions on \(\Phi\) are such that there exists a \(\sigma\)-invariant measure \(\mu\) on \(\Sigma\), and a measure conformal for \(L_\Phi\). Correlations (with respect to \(\mu\)) are introduced, and estimates of their decay are obtained for various situations. A necessary and sufficient condition for the transfer operator \(L_\Phi\) to be quasi-compact is found. In the non-quasi-compact case the decay of correlation depends on the contribution to the transfer operator of the complement of finitely many cylinders.