A study of Bishop operators from the point of view of linear dynamics (Q6155836)

A weighted translation operator \(T_{\phi,\alpha}\) is defined on \(L^p([0,1]), \ 1 < p < \infty,\) for \(\phi \in L^\infty([0,1])\) and \(\alpha \in [0,1]\), by \(T_{\phi,\alpha} f(x):=\phi(x) f({x+\alpha}), \ f \in L^p([0,1])\), where \(\{.\}\) denotes the fractional part of a real number. Bishop operators \(T_\alpha\) are those for \(\phi(x)=x\). In this interesting article, it is shown that Bishop operators are never hypercyclic nor supercyclic. Extensions of these results to the case of weighted translation operators are studied. The author also investigates the cyclicity of Bishop operators. Building on results by Chalendar and Partington for the case where \(\alpha\) is rational, he shows that \(T_\alpha\) is cyclic for a dense \(G_\delta\)-set of irrational \(\alpha\)'s. Open questions are mentioned.