The return times and the Wiener—Wintner property for mean-bounded positive operators in <i>L^p</i> (Q4024943)

Let \(T\) be a positive operator on \(L^ p\), \(1<p<\infty\). We say that \(T\) is mean bounded \((m.b.)\) if \(\sup_ n(\|{I+T+\cdots+T^{n-1}\over n}\|_ p<\infty)\). The following results are obtained. Theorem 1. (The return times property for mean bounded positive operators on \(L^ p.)\) Let \((X,{\mathcal F},\mu,\varphi)\) be a dynamical system and \(g\in L^ \infty(\mu)\). Then there exists a set \(X_ g\) of full measure in \(X\) such that for all \(x\in X_ g\) and all mean bounded positive operators \(T\) in \(L^ p(Y,{\mathcal G},\nu)\) the averages \({1\over N}\sum^ N_{k=1}g(\varphi^ kx)\cdot T^ kf(y)\) converge a.e. for all \(f\in L^ p(\nu)\). Theorem 2. Let \(T\) be a mean bounded positive operator on \(L^ p(Y,{\mathcal G},\nu)\) and \(f\in L^ p(\nu)\). Then there exists a set \(X_ f\) of full measure \(Y_ f\) in \(Y\) such that for all \(y\in Y\) and all dynamical systems \((X,{\mathcal F},\mu,\varphi)\) the averages \({1\over N}\sum^ N_{k=1}T^ kf(y)\cdot g(\varphi^ kx)\) converge \(\mu\) -- a.e. for all \(g\in L^ \infty(\mu)\). Theorem 1 contains both the return times theorem for dynamical systems proved by \textit{J. Bourgain}, \textit{H. Furstenberg}, \textit{Y. Katznelson} and \textit{D. S. Ornstein} [cf. Appendix to J. Bourgain's ``Pointwise ergodic theorem on arithmetic sets'', Publ. Math., Inst. Hautes Etud. Sci. 69, 5-45 (1989; Zbl 0705.28008)] and A. Brunel's result on the pointwise convergence for mean bounded positive operators in \(L^ p\). Theorem 2 has as a corollary the Wiener-Wintner property for mean bounded positive operators is \(L^ p\), \(1<p<\infty\).